‘Inclusivity, key for rights of the disabled’

On Saturday evening, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences was unusually crowded. A number of students, disabled people, activists and civil rights supporters were troopin...

Meet Anoyara Khatun, India’s Crusader For Children At The United Nations

By the tender age of 19, Anoyara Khatun has been to the United Nations twice – the voice of young girls from poor families in an obscure corner of India. It was an in...

Doctors Need To Think Beyond The Pill For Contraception

The pill revolutionised society when it was introduced in Australia 55 years ago but now scientists are lobbying GPs to offer women alternative and more effective options.<...

True Review Television - New Battlegrounds At Prime Time

Drama on late Prime Time on Star Plus unfolds on the streets of Bundalganj and in a Delhi courtroom. The two shows which have taken telling turns in their plot are Tamanna ...

The Brutal Ways In Which Some Clan Councils In South Asia Punish Women

In India and other parts of South Asia, clan councils have long worked outside the legal system as enforcers of centuries-old social codes and traditions. Experts say these...

Cannes 2016: Cafe Society Review - Woody Allen's Tribute To Golden Age Hollywood

Woody Allen’s Café Society is a sweet, sad, insubstantial jeud’ésprit, watchable, charming and beautifully shot by Vittorio Storaro – yet al...

Retroscope - No Ordinary Mother

The doorbell rang this afternoon- an odd time for it to ring. I was not expecting guests. I opened to find Nazma standing outside.

"You never call me these days!" S...

Retroscope - Salaam Women

Many of you are familiar with the question of being born female in India. But it will be nice to go through the exercise together –imagine you are a daughter in India...

WHO Outlines Ways To Prevent And Mitigate Childhood Hearing Loss

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new WHO report, "Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how", suggests that 60% of th...