Indian Rap Song on Swachhta made by the Slum Kids of Patna is going International

The children of a tiny little slum in Patna are rejoicing over their new-found success and identity. A peppy little song, The Story of Kacharapur made b...

Cold War and Cool Jazz

“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” ― Louis Armstrong

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The Poetist – Smashing all Stereotypes

''Not the voice you can easily suppress, so I surpass the heights of all limits that I set''

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Gates Foundation pledges $300M to help the World’s Poorest Farmers

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is teaming up with partners around the world to take on some tough challenges: extreme poverty and poor health in developing countries...

Feminism and High Art

In London Contemporary Music Festival this year, among other things, one can take the chance to experience a fairly different sort of music- background music from a pornogr...

The Law of the Land

Environmental lawyers and organizations across the world have begun to demand intrinsic 'rights' for nature- natural bodies, flora and fauna...

India's Battle Against Sexual Violence

Sexual violence against women is a global concern. In the United States, there are around 293,000 victims of sexual assault every year. Sexual assault is also underreported...

Time is running out, was said 25 years ago by World's Leading Scientists

A document called “World Scientists' Warning to Humanity” released 25 years ago, in November 1992 warned us that human beings and the natural world are on a col...

Hollywood is haunted by tales of Pedophilia – the Kids Need to Be Protected!

For everyone who is assuming that "Harvey Weinstein Scandal" opened the floodgates to sexual harassment cases in Hollywood, you are wrong. As much as we would like to belie...