Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

Where The Girls Are (And Aren’t): #15Girls

The world’s girls are healthier than ever. They live longer and more of them are going to school than at any time in history.In some cases, it starts even before they...

Facebook V Youtube: Fighting For Views

More than eight billion videos are now viewed on Facebook every day, according to the social network. It is a staggering increase – double the views it had in April &...

Shawn Mendes Exceeds Fundraising Goal To Build School In Ghana.

Singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes has announced that he exceeded his goal to raise $25,000 through his Represent Campaign to benefit Pencils of Promise (PoP). The “STITC...

Priyanka Chopra Lends Her Voice To 'Ellie The Elephant' For A Good Cause.

Priyanka Chopra may be busy shooting for her American TV series ‘Quantico’ these days, however, the actress took out time to shoot for a good cause. The actress...

Can Social Entrepreneurs Drive Inclusive Growth In India?

Over 60% of the Indian population still live on less than $2 a day. In the World Economic Forum’s Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2015, India is placed second...

How Street Plays & Theatre Are Raising The Curtain On Violence Against Women In UP

Domestic violence, sexual harassment and dowry cases are not really news in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh. But a few compassionate activists and organizations are taking...

International Film Festival For Persons With Disability In December

The first three-day International Film Festival for Persons with Disability (IFFFD) will be organised by Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry on December 1 in which 40 f...

The Ethics Of Commercial Surrogacy: Gender Inequality Arguments

This is a follow-up to the previous post on Debra Satz’s analysis of commercial surrogacy. In that post, I reviewed three classic objections to surrogacy and presente...