Farhan Akhtar says that there is nothing negative about being HIV Positive

Actor-producer Farhan Akhtar was spotted talking about the stigma associated to HIV and the disease AIDS at the launch of the Vespa RED in Mumbai. Piaggio, the com...

Apocalypse Now? ... Or Never!

“The time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now. You can make history or be vilified by it.” - Leonardo Di Caprio

Chan...

Men Without Tears

For a few years now, Haruki Murakami has been in the running for the Literature Nobel; meanwhile he collects fans all over the world, with his books about modern-day Japan,...

Learning From Grandmama To Defend Yourself?

Kenya Grandmoms Fight Back Against the Rapists- Literally!

The grandmoms of Kenya are not going to let the rapists dominate over them and therefore have resorted to...

The Price we pay for ‘The Love of Chocolate’

Reporters have travelled across Ivory Coast where the main cocoa plantation business takes place. They documented rainforests cleared for cocoa plantation, villages and far...

Writers of Colour

Women, as a collective, have always faced discrimination through the ages, and women of colour even more so as their stories get subsumed within the larger narratives of wh...

The World According To Gabriel

Every year around June or July, Daniel Silva’s latest Gabriel Allon novel is published and shoots right up to the bestseller charts.

For those who haven&...

Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Talking about the Taboo

Staying silent about menstrual health, apart from giving rise to unnecessary taboos towards a natural condition, could turn out to be actually harmful for us, a study revea...

Kid Rock for US Senate?

Is this a joke or some sort of publicity stunt? Is something most people will question when they hear of musician Robert James Ritchie aka ‘Kid Rock’ announcing...