States With Higher Female Literacy Have Healthier Women

States with higher literacy rates for woman see better indicators for women’s health, IndiaSpend analysis of data from the National Family Health Survey 2013-14 revea...

Shahrukh Khan & Farhan Akhtar Thank GCFI For Highlighting Social Issues

Shah Rukh Khan and actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar recently expressed their gratitude to the conveners and CEO of Global Citizen Festival Hugh Evans, for laying emphasis on i...

Prince Charles's Bahrain Visit 'Backs Human Rights Abuses', Says Activist And Torture Survivor

A Bahraini human rights activist and torture survivor claims Prince Charles's visit to the Arab kingdom is being used to "whitewash" its record on civil liberties.
The...

$38 Million Raised At Star-Studded Friends Of The Israel Defense Forces Gala

Last week, Hollywood’s A-list came to support the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Gala which supports educational, social, cultural, and economic services...

A Kid’s World

In the last few years, there has been an exponential increase in theatre for children. There are theatre workshops all over the city; schools stage lavish productions. Thea...

Foo Fighters, Don Henley And Stevie Nicks Added To Musicares Concert Honoring Tom Petty

GRAMMY winners Gary Clark Jr., Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Norah Jones, Kings Of Leon, Jeff Lynne, Randy Newman, Stevie Nicks, George Strait, and Lucinda Williams; GRAMMY-nom...

Male Contraception: Birth Control Pill For Men May Be Coming

After decades of research, experiments and failure, scientists may have finally made the breakthrough needed to create a non-barrier contraception for men that doesn’...

Snakes In The Living Room!

Snakes In The Living Room!I can’t believe this that our desi news channels have no clue about geographic locations in

various cities. Take for example, early ...

Setting The Stage: 12 Little Known Traditional Folk Theatre Forms Of India

A fusion of music, dance, drama, stylized speech, and spectacle, folk theatre is a composite art form with deep roots in local identity and native culture. An important ind...