Retroscope - The Healing Touch

The following is no filmy story. But it has the possibility of inspiring a Raju Hirani or a Vidhu Vinod Chopra with a central character who is as delightful as Munnabhai an...

Karnataka Hamlet Is India?s 1st Smokeless Village

Until last month, Thimmakka had to blow her lungs out even to make a cup of coffee. And this had been her ritual for 40 years now. Not any more. Her kitchen is now fit...

63L Toilets Made In 8 Months: NSSO

A recent sample survey carried out by the government on the usage of toilets seeks to disprove the notion that access to toilets may not automatically change attitudes of p...

Women’s Empowerment Gets A Fillip In Advertising In India

MARKETING strategies can never ignore women as they are pivotal in household purchase decisions. So can advertising strategies be any different? A recent flurry of ads...

Deepika Unhappy, Men Get Paid More Than Women In Bollywood

Bollywood today but she cannot ignore the yawning pay gap in the film industry between the male stars and the leading ladies. When she was felicitated at the Outlooks Busin...

BARC India To Launch Rural Data From Week 41

BARC India will release the much-awaited rural ratings from Week 41 (10–16 October). The decision comes after the board members of the joint industry body today decid...

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...