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India's Maternal Care Crisis: Is There A Solution?

Nitu Paswan was four months pregnant when she met a community worker from the?Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action. Paswan, a 25-year old from Dombivli, a cit...

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Behind The Ghunghat

Is it possible to have a conversation around Gender and Sexuality vis-à-vis television content? I would say NO! Indian television is still in its infancy regards cre...

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Changing The World Frame By Frame: Syrian Teen Wins Two Awards For Her Short Film

Sixteen-year-old Wala’a is haunted by a terrifying memory—being assaulted by a soldier as she fled the war in Syria. One of more than 700,000 refugees...

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Genderqueer And Trans Artists Breaking Down Barriers In Art

t’s raise visibility for Transgender Awareness Week, and celebrate some damn good art. This week is Transgender Awareness Week, an initiative that aims to raise ...

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These Leaders Are Standing Up To Anti-LGBT Bullying

“Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you,” said Ellen DeGeneres back in 2010. She was responding to what she ...

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Despite Waging A 'War On Pollution,' China's Air Is Still Really Filthy

A majority of China's cities are still suffering under unhealthy levels of air pollution as the country struggles to reach its pollution goals. China's Ministry of Environm...

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Elton John And Michael Stipe Write About Plight Of Transgender Inmates In Prison

Last month, Elton John and musician, activist, and Elton John AIDS Foundation ally Michael Stipe, published an op-ed in the The Guardian about the horrific conditions faced...

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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 ...

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SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. In...

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Is 'Game of Thrones' aiding the global debate on climate change?

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the continent of Westeros in the hit television series "Game of Thrones", humankind is coming under threat from a zombie-like race ...

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