Global warming will reduce crop production by 2% every decade

Global warming will reduce the world’s crop production by up to two percent every decade and wreak $1.45 trillion of economic damage by the end of this century, accor...

SAMVIDHAAN – The Making of the Constitution of India

As I watched the first episode of Shyam Benegal’s Samvidhaan – The Making of the Constitution of India, I was reminded that when we studied the Indian Constitut...

3 Screens and The Missing 4th “R”

Screens surround us, and our children.

First of all there is the big screen, with its larger than life images, with its tinsel moorings, colors and the celebrities ...

How climate change destroys human rights

Environmental destruction caused by people is poised to become the “most massive human rights violation ever”. In a 2012 interview, Oregon State University phil...

IGT: India Does Have Talent

In 2009, a 48-year-old matronly Susan Boyle floored   the judges, audience and TV viewers of Read More

Manisha Koirala Joins Hands With Sahachari Foundation for Cancer Awareness

Former Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala, who recently underwent a successful surgery for ovarian cancer, has joined hands with the Sahachari Foundation in an attempt to ra...

“Queer as Folk” Singer Pepper MaShay Does Charity Concert for Life Group LA

Recording artist Pepper MaShay of “Queer as Folk” dance music fame is staging her one-woman show, “Both Sides Now,” in Los Angeles on February to be...

True Review: Gunday

Gunday – Superb Performance by Arjun Kapoor

Rating: 3 Stars

GUNDAY starts with a lot of promise.  The grim refu...

Abhishek Bachchan appointed END7 campaign's ambassador in India

Abhishek Bachchan has been named the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases’ official END7 campaign ambassador in India, to help raise awareness of neglected ...