Gravity Review

The overview effect is described as the phenomenon astronauts experience when looking back at the earth from space. It is described to inspire an enormous sense of awe at t...

The Sociology Of The New Paradigm Of Media

The era of fantasy based sensationalized media is slowly being side-lined by a newly mobilized movement that is demanding media that is richer and motivated towards raising...

FASHION versus COSTUME- THE DANCE OF THE DEVILS

Who can forget Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in all her fashion glory or more recently Meryl Streep in Devil Wears Prada as she set trends on how fashionab...

Is America Disinventing Human Rights? By Professor Alemayehu G Mariam

In his 1981 farewell speech, President Jimmy Carter said, “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented...

Domestic violence in India: Women’s existence ‘privatized’

As domestic violence and women’s rights matters in India continue to make headlines in the international press, one woman is working to elevate the issues in a troubl...

UNH Research Finds Unemployment Restricts Access to Kidney Transplants

If they are unemployed or work part-time, people in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be placed on a waiting list for a new ki...

Madras Cafe Review

A brilliantly shot film, in the appropriate landscape makes Madras Café a very realistic experience. The movie deals with political issues like the assassination of ...

Storytelling as a strong medicine

An article by Hollywood, Health & Society Director Sandra de Castro Buffington recently appeared in an issue of Monthly Developments Magazine on on how entertainment ha...

HOW DO YOU FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH COUNTRY MUSIC

Vinta Nanda had this interesting conversation, recently, with Shyamala Moorty, dire...