Here’s Why The Biggest Slum In India Is Honoring A Fictional Rape Victim

Ram Devineni has been thinking a lot lately about shakti — a word that translates loosely from the Sanskrit to “female power.” It’s a transformative...

Climate Change Blamed As Thousands Die In Indian Heat

For the wealthy of India, the annual heatwave before the monsoon is inconvenient, especially when water stored in black tanks on the roof becomes too hot to use for a showe...

India, A Victim Of E-Waste Crime

Much of the 40 million tonnes of electronic waste produced around the world — old smartphones, TVs, laptops and obsolete kitchen appliances — finds its way ille...

Susan Sarandon And Michelle Yeoh Visit Earthquake Victims In Nepal

Susan Sarandon has arrived in Nepal to help victims of the devastating earthquakes that hit the country.The actress is visiting with Live To Love International, and is foll...

Manisha Koirala Partners With UNFPA To Help Quake-Affected Women

Manisha Koirala has partnered with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) and Government of Nepal to help quake affected women of Nepal. Noted Bollywood ...

Entering The Mind Of My Rapist: An Exercise In Extreme Empathy

The essential dilemma after a date rape is also the essential dilemma before the novelist: Who’s in charge of the narrative, and what is his or her perspective? My ra...

Hollywood actress Yeoh raises money for Nepal

She was in Nepal as a tourist when the quake unleashed death and destruction in the Himalayan nation. Now actress Michelle Yeoh, famous for her roles in Oscar-winning &ldqu...

VICTIMS, WOMEN & THE LANDED VOICELESS

So here?? the thing!

As I entered home this evening, my housekeeper Leela Lhama opened the door, as usual.

She normally takes my laptop bag from my hand and...

Bollywood Celebs Perform At A Concert For Nepal Earthquake Victims In Delhi

Just days earlier, the Delhi music community, along with their friends from Bollywood, gave Delhiites a chance to contribute towards earthquake relief in Nepal and Bihar wi...