World leaders discuss resolutions for sustainable consumption and production

Over 4,700 heads of state, ministers, business leaders, senior UN officials and civil society representatives are gathering in Nairobi for a me...

Who is Teesta Setalvad?

She’s simple, strong and she talks straight. She’s also one of the very few among us, who remains c...

WEF data shows it will take 202 years to close the divide in the workplace

The world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, UN Global Compact’s Executive Director Lise Kingo spoke to the UN New...

Never Home Alone – more than 5000 other species share your home

Rob Dunn, a 43-year-old American biologist visits a house in Copenhagen to hunt microbial life. He takes a look of Lars Eriksen’s house a...

“Dance is an emotion, an expression of happiness,” Shiamak Davar

As the 9th edition of the much anticipated 5th Veda session unfolded at Whistling Woods International (WWI), a wave of joyous fervour and ...

UN-supported rainwater harvesting helps students perform better

Bagamoyo, a town in Tanzania, East Africa faced a pathetic condition due to rising sea levels, drought, reduced rainfall which made the drinkin...

Two is Company

There has been, after Stieg Larsson’s ‘Girl’ books, a proliferation of kickass heroines. Crime fiction was never short of fem...

Short stories that will make your day

“The journey of a lifetime starts with the turning of a page.” – Rachel Anders.

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Puppet coach Nigel Plaskitt trains the next generation actors to bring puppets to life

Puppetry is a form of theatre or performance that involves the manipulation of puppets – often resembling some type of hum...