Relate to millenials first and then stakeholders, say business humanizers

While India’s new Company Act 2013 was enacted in April last year, making it mandatory for companies to spend 2% of their profits on Corporate Social Responsibility (...

In India, Profitable Farming With Fewer Chemicals

The earth beneath Lakshmi Karre’s sparse cotton crop is hard and dry. Dressed in a flowery orange sari, she squats in the large gap between two plants and tugs at som...

TRADITION - BOON OR BANE

Tradition is a word that almost all Indians have grown up hearing. "India is a land of tradition", "our traditions date back to the earliest forms of civilisation", are jus...

WHEN THEATRE MARRIES CINEMA

As I sat watching a CinePlay screening of the play sometimes, in a preview theatre, I was tad perplexed. Am I watching a play or am I watching a movie? Some months back, I ...

The Immorality of Coal

Momentum seems to be building for a global deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris this December. With this sense of optimism comes a keen awareness t...

Fight climate change, make money

Though the public rarely notices, businesses succeed because of their planning. To see what is happening now, while positioning yourself to make the most of the future, is ...

Is A Number Crunching Agency Needed?

Vinta Nanda, Filmmaker-

Box office figures should be accurate. Yes, Bollywood should take help of agencies like Rentrak a...

Cheryl Cole donating perfume profits to charity

British pop star Cheryl Cole is to donate $160,000 (£100,000) from her perfume sales to the new charity she has launched to help youngsters in her hometown. The forme...

GiveStars Charity Gets Boost From Hollywood Stars, Indiegogo

Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Nina Dobrev, Chris Evans and Vanessa Hudgens have pledged their support Celebrities are lining up en masse to be involved with giveStars, a perso...