Akshay Kumar's Idea Gets Life: Web Portal To Donate Money To Martyred Jawans Launched By Govt

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, about three months back,conceived an idea for general public to donate money to the families of the martyrs of central paramilitary forces who...

Beyond Sterilisation: The Need For Sex Education And Contraceptives In India

For decades, India has put controversial sterilisation drives at the heart of its efforts to combat population growth. But last year, the country’s top court ordered ...

Is It Wrong To Group Together LGBT Art?

Billed as ‘the first major exhibition dedicated to queer British art’, Tate Britain's brand new show, which covers gay art from 1861 to 1967, joins a host of ot...

France Becomes The First Country To Ban Plastic Plates And Cutlery

France has apparently become the first country in the world to ban plastic plates, cups and utensils, passing a law that will go into effect in 2020. Exceptions will be all...

Zoe Saldana And Rachel Zoe To Take Part In Fifth Annual Moms +SocialGood

In celebration of Mother’s Day, hundreds of advocates, experts and every day moms and dads will gather on May 4 in New York City to share ideas, exchange best practic...

Poojita Chowdhury: The Accidental Filmmaker

Interview With Poojita Chowdhury

Our creative director, Shiv Bhalla caught up with Poojita Chowdhury, whose film ‘Gender Bender’ has been making waves. ...

Film Review: Mukti Bhawan

Thithi and Mukti Bhawan would make an excellent double bill. Both are indie comedy-dramas – even if Thithi, in both style and process, is indie-er than Shubhashish Bh...

Why It Took Barry Manilowe So Long To Come Out?

It was more or less an open secret but iconic singer-songwriter Barry Manilow has officially come out as gay at the age of 73 in a People exclusive, nearly two years after ...

MTV: Bold, Sensitive

In 1995, Ashish Balram Nagpal, an art connoisseur, made a film called Adha Adhura which was way too progressive. In the film, Ashish Balram Nagpal, a billionaire businessma...