Going and Listening to India

Melinda and I will visit India later this month. I’ve been there many times over the years, but I’m especially excited about this trip. For one thing, India has...

Of Mirth And Soaps

There was this scene in Thakan, last week, where the newly married bride Sadaf goes into the kitchen to make tea. Foxed by an unfamiliar kitchen in the lavish house of her ...

Aamir Khan, Karan Johar Come Together For Women Empowerment

As part of the seventh anniversary this October, fashion magazine Vogue is launching a new initiative to support women empowerment. The activity aims to raise awareness and...

Why Does Hunger Still Exist in Africa?

When I first started traveling to Africa, I would often meet children in the villages I was visiting and try to guess their ages. I was shocked to find out how often I gues...

Joss Stone is new charity ambassador

British royal Prince Harry named singer Joss Stone as the celebrity ambassador for his Sentebale charity during the organization’s 10th anniversary celebrations on We...

Bruce Springsteen To Join Barack Obama And Steven Spielberg At Ambassadors For Humanity Gala

Bruce Springsteen will perform at the USC Shoah Foundation Institute’s 20th anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity gala on May 7, 2014 in Los Angeles. Conan O’Bri...

Reproductive rights and wrongs: How discrimination blights maternity care

Last week, Brazil becomes the first country to pay compensation to the family of a woman who died in childbirth as a result of negligence and discriminatory practices in ma...

Telling The Story Of The Birth Of A Nation Is Never Easy: Shyam Benegal

Mumbai:

  Feb, 2014: “Telling the story of the birth of a nation is never e...

Gates Foundation Reflections on a Polio-Free India

January 13, 2014 marked three years without a single case of wild polio virus in India. This is a monumental achievement for India the global health community and, hopefull...