4 Reasons Why It Is Great To Be An Indian Woman in 2015

Optics are great for “women’s empowerment”. For the euphoria, the hope and the promise they bring. Like a self-reflecting selfie, they become a commitment...

NETWORK18 & ORF INITIATIVE – THE INDIA – US DIALOGUES

~Setting the Agenda for a strategic partnership between two great democracies~

New Delhi, January 2015: In the lead up to President Obama&...

Obama-Modi and climate change

Ask not what India will do for climate. Ask what the US will do to reduce emissions to save world from climate When President Barack Obama visits Delhi for the Republic Day...

First-ever women's contingent at Republic Day parade

India witnessed the first march by women army, navy and air force personnel at the 66th Republic Day parade on Monday. The Republic Day celebrations started with the unfurl...

Madhuri Dixit to be brand ambassador of `Beti Bachao Beti Padhao` campaign

Bollywood evergreen diva Madhuri Dixit has been roped in as the brand ambassador of ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao campaign’ which will be launched on January 22 by P...

Modi launches campaign to tackle India's dwindling number of girls

on Thursday, launching a campaign to address the problem the United Nations has said amounts to a national emergency. “In our neighbourhood, girls are commonly killed...

Censoring of cinema is a sociological, not a creative, issue: New censor board member

Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani was appointed the new board chairperson after Leela Samson, appointed in early 2011, quit protesting clearance to MSG, and alleging political inte...

PM-led climate panel to pick issues for Obama talks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led council on climate change, which was reconstituted last year, will hold its first meeting on Monday and brainstorm on fine tuning renewable...

Bold messages from Bollywood in an era of intolerance

Until this year, the line of dialogue that for me best encapsulated India’s mix of chaos and tolerance was not from a contemporary Bollywood film but a four-year-old ...