The Stage and the Stree

Theatre has been one of the longest-practiced forms of art in India- from age-old bards, to soliloquizing protagonists, to dance-dramas, it has always been a crucial part o...

A Different Take on Health

India needs to improve its healthcare systems, and the recent Gorakhpur tragedy is just more evidence of the same. The question is not just of spending more bucks, it is ab...

Child Brides

The average age of marriage may be rising in the cities, but in the heart of Andhra hinterland, child marriages are still a very grim reality for many.

The case in ...

A Dearth of Female Filmmakers

Acclaimed actress and director Konkona Sen Sharma has said that there are not enough female filmmakers in the industry, and not enough variety of roles for women, either. Read More

Modern-Day Slavery

The National Crime Agency of the UK reports revealed that a subtle form of slavery is rampant across the country even today, and is ‘far more prevalent than thought e...

Hard hats and Chappals

Construction is the second largest economic activity in India after agriculture. The Indian construction industry employs over 35 million people and creates assets worth ov...

Gender equality at Workplace - more than just a moral Issue

Apart from the “human rights” aspect to gender equality at work, recent studies also suggest there being a beneficial financial and economic advantage by having...

On The Eve Of Another Silent Anniversary

Overwhelmed by grief when my father passed away in January 1966
I did not know how to combat that empty feeling. I was just 23 years old and I had had so much to talk,...

16 Million Reasons To Be Optimistic About Polio

People often ask me how I know the world is getting better. I usually point to numbers like this one: Because of efforts to eradicate polio by groups like Rotary Internatio...