Target To Allow Transgender People To Use Bathroom Of Their Choice

Wading into the contentious national debate about the rights of transgender people, Target said on Tuesday that transgender workers and customers can use the restroom that ...

Bill Gates Predicts Eradication Of Polio In Pakistan By 2017

Bill Gates said Wednesday that "with any luck" polio will be eradicated by 2017 in the last two countries where it remains active, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Mic...

Supreme Court Questions Centre Over Human Rights Panel In Delhi

The Supreme Court today rejected the Centre's submission that the national capital does not need a State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) as it was a union territory (UT), as...

Photography Helps Girls Define Their Voice On Their Own Terms

Photographer and youth organizer Scheherazade Tillet first had the idea for “Picturing Black Girlhood” about seven years ago, when she was visiting the Chicago ...

Dia Mirza Pushes For Nature Conservation Awareness

Nature lover, co-founder member of WTI Club Nature and actress DiaMirza says bringing the narrative of nature into whatever we are doing will effect a difference in educati...

True Review Movie - Fan

Cast: Shah Rukh Khan

Direction: Maneesh Sharma

Produced: Aditya Chopra, Yash Raj Films

Writer: Habib Faisal

Genre: Action, Drama.

Du...

Inside Pakistan's Gender-Fluid Hijra Community

In conservative Pakistan, where religious extremists wage continuous battles against the government in the name of a strict interpretation of Islam, male cross-dressers, tr...

Transforming The Walls Of Varanasi With Stunning Murals

“I got a job in Banaras in 2007. When you first come to the city you feel there are so many dirty and unorganisedplaces that the government is not taking care of. After w...

Securing Our Societies From The Threat Of Senseless Terrorism

Since 2000, we have witnessed a more than ten-fold increase in the number of deaths from violent extremism and terrorism - from 3,329 victims in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014. And...