True Review: Mary Kom

Critics Rating: 3 Stars*

Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Sunil Thapa, Darshan Kumar,

Direction: Omung Kumar

Even if you build a toilet, they may not come: water expert

Bangladesh and India have long tried to stop people from defecating in outdoor public places – a practice that spreads fatal diseases – but Bangladesh has had m...

ATM Machine Helps Indian Women Quietly Report Rape Without Going To The Police

In December, a 16-year-old girl in Calcutta was burned alive. Authorities believe she was targeted as punishment for reporting her gang-rape to the police. Two months earli...

Don't Reinvent The Wheel

How inured have we become to the over the top interiors and the same old locations (Gateway of India and Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus) at prime time, is unimaginable. We don...

New Cultural Lenses to Create a Sustainable Future

Today I was passing by Verona, the city of Juliet and Romeo, the Roman arena hosting international opera and lyrical performances and hometown of Latin love poet Catullus. ...

Heavy rains lashes Mumbai, disrupting the order of business for people

Heavy rains from the last three days in Mumbai have tremendously improved the water supply to the city. It is disrupting the order of business for the people of Mumbai. The...

Systematic approach to in-situ water harvesting assures irrigation

During summer, the field is ploughed and furrows (one foot depth) are made. When it rains the water stays back in each of the furrows and sinks into the soil. Fast changing...

Melanie C Shakes Her Power For Kickstarter Campaign

Melanie C is giving her support to a project that aims to bring clean energy to places without electricity through the power of music. SPARK is a percussion shaker that con...

Deploying midwives in poor nations could avert millions of maternal and newborn deaths

Researchers have said that a small increase in number of skilled birth attendants in the world’s poorest nations could save the lives of a substantial number of women...