Bring On The Girls

Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a publishing sensation and made legit the dysfunctional ‘girl’.

Paula Hawkins’s debut novel, The Girl On The T...

Salman Khan To Promote Swachh Bharat Abhiyan And Work For Slum Dwellers

While the fans of Salman Khan are eagerly waiting for the superstar’s birthday, the actor has not only decided to celebrate it in a simple way but has also decided to...

UN Recognises 'Human Right To Sanitation'

In a bid to combat open defecation, the UN has adopted a landmark resolution recognising the human right to “sanitation” as a distinct human right along with th...

The Most Boring Video On A Very Important Human Right

My father often used to tell me about how, during the Second World War, he used to walk the many kilometers from the farm to school, past the camps of the occupying forces....

Edward Norton Launches Crowdrise Campaign For Syrian Refugee

On Saturday, actor and CrowdRise co-founder Edward Norton launched a fundraiser for a Syrian refugee whose story had gone viral thanks to Brandon Stanton of Humans of New Y...

Affordable Vaccines To Check Infections Need Of The Hour

Prof. K.R. Sethuraman, Vice Chancellor, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, has called upon medical professional bodies to lobby for cheaper and affordable vaccines to check relatively ...

Women's Rights Must Be A Major Part OF Any Climate Deal

This Human Rights Day is particularly significant. In Paris, negotiators are trying to come to agreement on a global climate treaty, and a lot is on the line -- especially ...

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...

How Mainstream Media Promotes Gender-Based Violence

nless you develop a feminist consciousness, you will never really realise just how casually sexist and misogynist the world is. And nowhere is this more apparent than the m...