India’s soft power has grown, but no thanks to the government

We are all aware that India is fast emerging as a major economic power. Although there is talk of India also being an important “soft power” the fact is we are ...

WATCH OUT FOR MAHA ACTION

What?s interesting on television is the presence of authentic firang actors playing firang roles. Earlier, Tom Alter was invariably cast as the foreign hand in Hindi films;...

Random Thoughts

It?s been a week of stray watching besides follow ups. ? I can?t understand why a channel like Disney Channel plays low key when they launch a new indigenous show. I am ref...

Global Warming:The top 5 climate science and policy developments to watch in 2015

2014 was widely seen as a breakthrough year when decision-makers finally turned the corner in the effort to avert runaway climate change. Agreements on climate change?to pa...

An Alternative Exploration of Geopolitics

Hindsight is always 20/20. Subjective to the present, we often tend to overlook patterns and correlation until the objectivity parts the seas to a broader picture. It was o...

India Betters China in Climate-change Efforts

China and US are the biggest polluters in the world, with India ranking third, according to the 2015 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) report. The CCPI, put out by Ge...

The Violence Against Women Project’ reinvigorates the pertinent issue: Day 2@Thespo!

After an impactful start yesterday, Thespo 16 came back with an extraordinary day 2. India’s most exciting youth festival lived up to its image every bit as the openi...

Thespo 16, ‘the’ carnival for young theatre kick starts

~Day 1 wows young theatre flag bearers with workshops, an action-packed week ahead ~

Mumbai, December ...