National Energy Policy and Public Health

The draft National Energy Policy was released by Niti Aayog on the 27th of June 2017. It openly invited comments and suggestions from the public to help strengthen its opin...

Marriage-Go-Round

The North Indian pre-wedding ritual of the Ladies Sangeet, at which women gathered together to sing (some raunchy songs) an dance, minus the men. The cus...

Absurdist Humor with a tinge of Ambition

Years before American Idol and America’s Got Talent, America had an uncanny amateur talent show called ‘The Gong Show’. Chuck Barris was the creator of th...

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Rutger Hauer

Director: Luc Besson

Producer: Luc Besson, Virgi...

Why Women Don’t Run For Office

A new survey sponsored by POLITICO WOMEN, American University and Loyola Marymount University, finds that the last election in the United States of America, has mobil...

'We Wear Culture' Is Based On The Premise That Fashion Is Culture, Not Just Clothes

For years, Google allowed its engineers to spend 20 percent of their time on personal projects they thought would ultimately benefit the company. The tech giant has since s...

This Young Architect Just Created Sustainable Furniture For Rural Kids

Say hello to the ‘transformer of furniture’ created by an young architect determined to transform the quality of life in rural India. Nishan Nazer, who received...

Behind The Suicide Of An IIT Scholar In Delhi, A Struggle Between New Ambitions And Old Restraints

Her Facebook photos reveal a young woman who liked to travel, dress up, pose and smile. You see her patting her hair and sticking a hip out like the Marilyn Monroe wax stat...

Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

Though Helen Mirren emphatically calls herself a feminist now, she admits she's resisted the term in the past. Making the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Or...