So Close To Life

Reading Elizabeth Strout makes you realise just how tough it is to be simple. Her prose is precise to the point of austerity, but she still manages to create richly evocati...

Conversations with Carter

Bill Gates, the man behind Windows, and one of the biggest philanthropists in the world, recently released a video of him and his wife Melinda Gate meeting former US presid...

Child Brides

The average age of marriage may be rising in the cities, but in the heart of Andhra hinterland, child marriages are still a very grim reality for many.

The case in ...

Cross Country Cinema

Bengali director Kaushik Ganguly's Bishorjon opens with Padma, a Hindu Bangladeshi, finding a wounded Nasir Ali, a Muslim Indian lying unconscious on the banks of ...

SIXTH SENSE? That’s Childs play.

When we think of human senses we think of eyesight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Yet we have always known that we are capable of sensing much more than this. Sixth sen...

Marriage-Go-Round

The North Indian pre-wedding ritual of the Ladies Sangeet, at which women gathered together to sing (some raunchy songs) an dance, minus the men. The cus...

Indigenous People

The International Day of the World's Indigenous People was celebrated worldwide on the 9th of August 2017, to commemorate the varied endemic cultures and peoples around the...

Hashtag Marketing

The past few years have seen a shift in the face of marketing, with advertisers harnessing the addictive power of social media to publicize their brand. The newest addition...

How far can humanity Advance?

You get grades in school and promotions at work but ever wonder how a civilizations performance is measured? The Kardashev scale is a method of measurin...