IFFI 2016: SP Balasubramaniam Receives Centenary Award

Girl power and cinema rooted in reality were buzzwords at the inaugural ceremony for the 47th edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on Sunday. Hoste...

An Illustrator's Brutally Honest And Witty Take On Living With Mental Illness

Ruby Elliot was 14-years-old when she was diagnosed with anorexia. Then came the depression, bulimia and bi-polar.
She loved drawing as a young child – emulatin...

Isabelle Huppert's 'Elle': The Provocative Rape-Revenge Film Earning Raves

The opening scenes of Elle, the latest provocation from Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven, telegraph the birth of what might become a new kind of razor-edged woman’s story....

Opinion: No more excuses — saving maternal and newborn lives

Each day, more than 800 mothers and 15,000 babies continue to die, mostly from preventable causes. The phrase “mostly from preventable causes” is restated in so...

Film4Climate contest winners showcase effects of climate change

Hundreds of young people raised their voices for climate action in the Connect4Climate Film4Climate Global Video Competition, showing that it is possible even in the remote...

How One Staunch Gandhian Helped A Tribal Village In Maharashtra Achieve Self-Rule

Born on the December 31, 1949, Mohan Hirabai Hiralal is a staunch Gandhian who actively participated in Jayaprakash Narayan’s Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Wahini. The Gandh...

Shoppers Must Use Their Purchasing Power To Lead Green Products Revolution

Whenever the battle against toxic chemicals makes headlines, it’s usually linked to huge, sprawling disasters like Flint’s poisoned water or BPA-laden plastics ...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

Homemade Rotary Cell Phone Can Send Texts, Play FM Radio, And Make Calls

It wasn't all that long ago that huge swaths of critics were claiming Steve Jobs' keypad free cell phone would never take off, and I find myself wondering what they would h...