“Feminized Poverty”: Poverty A Woman’s Face?

Poverty has different connotations depending upon the circumstances under which we construe it. One such connotation is gender based poverty or feminized poverty. Feminizat...

Retroscope: The Amazing Choir From Shillong

I schooled in the St. Joseph’s Convent on Bandra’s ​Hill Road. Opposite our school was the grand St.​Peter’s School. ​O​urs was strictly a girls&r...

In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease

In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who sur...

Prime Time, Reality Bites

Prime Time has a plethora of fiction shows which are simply entertainment, entertainment, entertainment; barring the odd show or two. One can’t overlook the non-ficti...

The Obama Administration Just Made It Virtually Impossible For Hunters To Import African Lion Trophies

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has placed two African lion subspecies under its protection, declaring one type in west-central Africa endangered and the other, found in e...

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...

Jennie Garth Helps Raise Awareness Of Childhood Hunger

Feeding America has launched new public service advertisements (PSAs) starring celebrity actress Jennie Garth to bring attention to childhood hunger. Feeding America, the n...

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...

Women of 2015: Deepika Padukone

India’s leading lady, who has spent 2015 defying convention, on breaking the Bollywood mould and why she spoke out on depression Deepika Padukone isn’t your tra...