Out of Africa

In 1998, Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, began the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels set in Botswana, featuring the “traditionally...

And now Stevie, a Robot to care for the Elderly and Disabled

It was only a month ago when we read about Sophia, the first female robot to get citizenship in Saudi Arabia. With the ability to show emotion she is no less than a human. ...

Infertility is no more a ‘Woman’s Problem’, it is Highly Traumatic for Men Too

What's worst than knowing you won't be a dad ever? Though infertility affects both men and women, many times it is misconceived as a medical condition associated with women...

Bill Gates writes about the success of the Mass Drug Administration Project in Tanzania

Bill Gates, though, is a technologist and a business leader, he is mainly a philanthropist. These days he focuses most of his time on the work he and his wife, Melinda are ...

The Storytellers

We live in times fraught with violence when the artiste or performer is either silent or walking on the eggshells of easily hurt sentiments and political vendetta. When it ...

Little Directors of Nawada shoot for the Stars

Place: Nawada, Bihar, India

The film: Swachhata Ki Khoj

Nawada is a town in the westernmost district of the Magadh division in Bihar. Nawada distr...

A Story of Hope and Happiness for Children fighting Cancer

Talking about Cancer is a difficult conversation. Adults stammer, beat around the bush and often cannot bring themselves to talk about it. Imagine taking this conversation ...

The Effects of Virtual Reality on Children

I am standing in the Arkham Asylum. Immersed in the Dark Knight’s universe as I am experiencing Gotham City through the eyes of the World’s Greatest Detective. ...

Emily Wilson the first Woman to translate Homer’s Odyssey into English

“The Odyssey” is the second of the two epic poems attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer (the first being “The Iliad”), and usually considered t...