UP’s Mini-Grid Policy Tries To Boost Rural Electrification

Following its move to allow a special status to mini-solar-grids, the Uttar Pradesh government released details on the mini-grid policy last week. Under the scheme, the sta...

Kalki Koechlin: Cinema Not The Only Means To Change Mindset About Women

"Cinema is a dominant but not the only means to change people's mindset about women," she said at an event on women safety in the national capital. The 32-year-old actress,...

Traditional Aranmula Mirror Artisans Fight For Their Rights

Traditional artisans who craft the 'Aranmulakannadi', a unique handmade metal-alloy mirror are upset over fake groups claiming right over the mirror, even trying for obtain...

FYI: 25 Women Who Are Shaping The Future Of Music

What will the future of music look like? New York Times Magazine published an ambitious multimedia feature on Thursday that purported to answer that question, and apparentl...

Shabana Azmi Speaks About Women's Position At 'Women Of Worth' Conclave

We all know that, the legendary actress ShabanaAzmi is someone who minces no words when it comes to 'calling a spade a spade'. And this is something that has always set her...

True Review Movie - Ben Foster's tour de force

Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Ménochet, Dustin Hoffman

Director: Stephen Frears

Production:Tim Beva...

Kids Raise Rights Issues In Children's Parliament

Suman Prasad, a class IX student from Tangra is a feisty child activist who does not blink an eyelid in asking questions on quality education and better infrastructure in g...

Empty Promises And Dead Children

Buried among the 169 targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – adopted by the United Nations last September amid a blaze of glitzy events, celeb...

For Teens In Crisis The Next Text Could Be A Lifesaver

The message to the Crisis Text Line was answered by Aaron Amrich, a volunteer crisis counselor based in California. It was sent by a 19-year-old woman who wrote that she wa...