SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. In...

NOW ART FITS TO COLUMNS OF EXCEL SHEETS!

In the last week I happened to spend an evening with relatives who were visiting Mumbai from Jammu; my hometown and the place I took birth in. It’s a no-brainer that ...

Hospital deliveries up, yet 6.5k maternal deaths in Bihar every year

PATNA: That the graph of institutional deliveries is going up every year in the state notwithstanding, a recent study says most of the maternal deaths are taking at home. T...

Mobile Phones Empower Women

Is using a mobile phone a symbol of independence? Is it a simple tool of communication or a medium that provides rights? Why do women lag behind among those who use cellpho...

Smart Farming

In a shabby godown-turned-office in Vaishali district, Shashank Kumar, an alumnus of prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), pensively browses through the Interne...

Maternal Deaths Fall, Yet High

PATNA: Incidence of maternal deaths has shown decline in Bihar though the 208 deaths per one lakh live births are still one of the highest in the country. What should worry...

TELEVISION’S CULTURE POTS

When German friends first visited Bombay, they were blown away by the multiple ethnic groups on the streets. They had just visited the Rajabai Clock Tower and seen statues ...

CNN-IBN INDIAN OF THE YEAR RETURNS WITH ITS 9TH EDITION

~ Honouring India’s Iconic Achievers of 2014~

New Delhi,March 11, 2015: Read More