INTERVIEW-India honors former child maid who saved hundreds others

NEW DELHI, March 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 21-year-old Indian woman, trafficked and enslaved as a child maid, was given a "Women Power" award by the president on W...

Shilpa Shetty Kundra To Host A Charity Event To Fund For Orphans

While Shilpa Shetty Kundra doesn’t seem to have any plans of returning to Bollywood, the actress loves her role as an entrepreneur and she also likes to work for the ...

Why Odisha’s Tribal Women Are Returning To Their Natural Roots For Guidance On Food

Even in 21st century India, there is a sizeable number of children for whom life is riddled with poverty, food insecurity, poor nutrition, and minimal access to safe water,...

Sundance 2017 Announces Competition and NEXT Lineups, Including Returning Favorites and Major Contenders

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival may still be a few weeks away from kicking off in snowy Park City, Utah, but the annual festival has begun rolling out its various lineups, ...

What To Expect At The Indian Film Festival 2016 In Birmingham

A sex comedy and red carpet premiere are among the highlights The Indian Film Festival is returning to Birmingham – and this year it will be more than twice the size....

Campaigning To Make India’s Roads Safer

Nine years ago, Piyush Tewari was managing operations in India for a Los Angeles-based private equity firm when tragedy struck his family. While returning home from school ...

Kaleidoscope - Kiddie Party

As summer vacations draw to a close, the marvellous season of children’s plays also comes to a halt. Very few groups who work on children’s theatre during the s...

Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

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...