Prayers bring Hindu and Muslim communities together

"Bengal’s Durga Puja is a social festival first and a religious festival later" - Suddhabrata Deb

“Right from the puja mela (fair) to being res...

Martin Scorsese teaches filmmaking online

"Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out" - Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese drew his first storyboard when he was eight. Today he’s a legenda...

Archie's Four Lives

Paul Auster’s 4321 has made it to the Man Booker Award shortlist this year—the extraordinary 880-page tome that is as much about its protagon...

Earthquakes are inevitable, disaster is not. Should India not learn preparedness from Californians?

In the National Earthquake Conference that happened in May 2016 at the Hilton Long Beach, California, Tom Jordan, the director of the Southern California Earthquak...

Inside Out - The health issues that Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez and many other stars deal with

Earlier this week Lady Gaga revealed that she is suffering from Fibromyalgia, a disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, mem...

Homosexuality is accepted in Bollywood but when portrayed in films, it is either stereotyped or they're homophobic

India is the largest film producing country in the world. The Indian cinema is not only viewed within the nation but also among the expanding network of communities across ...

Kern Aggarwal and Ranjani Prabhakaran - Wedded to making a difference

Kern Agarwal and Ranjani Prabakaran, a couple from Chennai left their daily routine jobs to plunge full-time into organic farming. They took an initiative to promote organi...

You think stars like Emma Stone & Jennifer Lawrence live fairytale lives? They suffer from anxiety and depression too...

Emma Stone appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and discussed her history of anxiety and panic attacks post-Oscar win. “I was a very, very, very an...

The Slate Wiped Clean

As life spans increase in modern times, one of the consequent risks is age-related memory loss or dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease attacks the brain and slowly wipes the...