BOLD, BUT NOT BEAUTIFUL

Three months into 2015, two television channels are show casing varied fare. They have taken it on themselves to give viewers a mix of shows ? from the melodramatic soaps t...

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 ...

WILL TRADITION EVER TRANSITION

“Even a stopped Watch showscorrect timetwice a day” bespoke an optimist.

It is a matter of contemplation whether the same holds true for the march of ti...

Cellphones for Women in Developing Nations Aid Ascent From Poverty

Here is what life is like for a woman with no bank account in a developing country. She keeps her savings hidden — in pots, under mattresses, in fields. She constantl...

Out With The Old…?

Our society has been in a constant flux for change. There is a greater adaptation afoot in a nation like India because of its many contradictions, complexities and voices. ...

Fast & Furious 7

Critics rating: 3.5 Stars

Cast: VIN Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Nathalie Emmanuel, ...

A JUDICIAL MILESTONE

Last Sunday night, after the Roop Kanwar case, Bhanwar went back to another landmark in judicial history. The last jury trial in India. In the...

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...

March Marches On

“Beware the ides of March,” warned the Soothsayer in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. While a tragedy of such terrible proportions did not befall the screen, ...