Planetary Boundaries and Human Prosperity

The future of humanity will depend on mastering a balancing act. The challenge will be to provide for the needs of more than ten billion people while safeguarding our plane...

FIVE ACTORS, FIVE ROLES

Watching Seema Biswas in Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani?...? as Mai Mui, Rudra?s surrogate mother, a thought occurred that it was too trivial a role for an actor who is...

Ad Council Turns To Google, ‘Social Influences’ For Creators For Good Campaign

Whether it be Bono’s RED campaign to fight AIDS or Sarah McLachlan’s public service announcements about preventing animal cruelty, celebrities have long helped ...

Want My Vote? Let's Talk

The general election is fast approaching; yet current registration levels among young people are shockingly low, with a recent poll suggesting that in the UK less than a th...

7 Things We’ve Learned About Earth Since The Last Earth Day

A whole lot has changed since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Back then, the most urgent environmental problems facing the United States were air and water pollution. ...

Open Letter To Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: This Ad You Figure In Is Insidiously Racist

We write to draw your attention to a full-page advertisement for Kalyan Jewellers in which you feature that appeared in The Hindu (Delhi edition) on April 17, 2015. In the ...

App Launched To Aid ASHA Workers In Maternal, Child Healthcare Duties

Gannavaram (AP): A Hyderabad-based IT services company today said it has developed a mobile App that would allow Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) in Andhra Pradesh...

REPORTERS: WHERE’S THE STORY?

I don?t feel at home with Reporters. The look is too glossy, too unreal. The channel head sports a muffler. The editor Kabir is usually in a jacket (wonder why the tie is m...

Manisha Koirala, Gulshan Grover And Mahima Chaudhary For A Cause 'Mission Save Her'

Bollywood celebrities like Manisha Koirala, Gulshan Grover and Mahima Chaudhary have decided to lend their support to Indian-American pop singer Reggie Benjamin and his NGO...