Putting Their Lives On The Line For Information

More than a month has passed since J Parasmal, a 58-year-old Right to Information (RTI) activist who used the tool to unearth building violations in Sowcarpet, was hacked t...

Kaleidoscope - Nirbhaya Again

The horrific case of the brutal rape of a Kerala law student has reminded everyone of the December 16, 2012 gut-wrenching incident that has come to be known as the Nirbhaya...

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...

Dil Ka Haal Sune Dilwala

Growing up in Calcutta gave us grounding in sound middle class values out of which I was constructed. We lived in a four room rented ground floor place, P92 SardarSankar Ro...

Long Live The King, Mahesh Bhatt On Dilip Kumar

Don’t ask me why, but when I saw the image of Dilip Saab receiving the Padma Vibhushan award at the hands of Rajnath Singh, union home minister, in the presence of hi...

Three Stories That Explain Why I Am Relentlessly, Passionately, And Impatiently Optimistic

After a decade and a half of working on the issues facing the world’s poorest people, I like to call myself an impatient optimist. When I visited rural India last mon...

Suchitra Sen - Revisiting Icons

Standing at the far end of the room she resembled a house wife in a simple cotton saree. A few gold bangles twinkled musically round her wrist. That plump figure was out of...

True Review Movie – Baankey Ki Crazy Baraat

Critics rating: 1.5 Stars

Cast:  Sanjay Mishra, Rajpal Yadav, Vijay Raaz, Rakesh Bedi, Tia Bajpai, Satyajeet Dubey<...

Medicine?? Search For Meaning

Every day, we are reminded that the health care system is in crisis. We are going bankrupt. There are too many lawsuits. We practice defensive medicine. We restrict access....