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Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant on Women Doing ‘Office Housework’

This is the sad reality in workplaces around the world: Women help mor...

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

Jessica Alba and Jennifer Meyer create necklaces for charity

Jessica Alba and celebrity jeweller Jennifer Meyer have put their glossy heads together to design two necklaces for the AIDS charity, which are launching today on Gilt. The...

Amitabh Bachchan: Women have become very powerful

It is believed that the superstars are perfect in their work so when asked the megastar as an actor, does he see any flaws in him, he confessed, “There are a lot of f...

CAN MOBILE BANKING REVOLUTIONIZE THE LIVES OF THE POOR?

IN THE VILLAGE OF Sori along the banks of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, fishing has long been the lynchpin of the local economy. Jobs here are largely divided by gender: men...

Richa Chadda bats for cancer survivors

On World Cancer Day Wednesday, actress Richa Chadda will meet women who have survived the killer disease. She says it will be an honour. The actress will be part of an even...

Maternal Depression Often Starts Before Giving Birth, Study Says

A large new study has documented unexpected links in the timing and severity of symptoms of maternal depression, which could help mothers and doctors better anticipate and ...

Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor paint the town red

Salman Khan might be one of the most controversial stars of Bollywood, but when it comes to charity, he is the darling of the masses. Do’ you remember us telling told...

Maternal deaths come down by 11 points

PATNA: Bihar has registered a decline of 11 points in the maternal mortality rate between 2011- 13. According to figures released by Registrar General of India this week, 2...