“To Be or Not To Be”

Nature gives the gift of life.

Law gives the right to life.

Who is to grant, not to live?

It is often a cause of wonderment why human ashes are grey...

Television’s Otherwise Abled People

When it comes to portraying a mentally imbalanced person on the screen, and I am referring to television, there is a misconception that any character that has retardation i...

Mind Over Matter

We have a sort of ostrich-effect approach to mental illness. Bury your heads in sand from the impending danger or the unpalatable around you and it ceases to exist. That th...

BOLLYWOOD (SECTION) AR Rahman Meets Cancer Patient On His Birthday

The only Indian music composer who might win an Oscar for the third time, AR Rahman, spent some valuable time with his family and friends on his 48th birthday. He also visi...

Why is the World aiming for Sustainability?

To decide the narrative for this article has been quite a task. There are so many approaches to address the issue at hand, I could have been the cynic and looked back on al...

STOP TELLING HER FAILED STORY, TELL HER YOUR STORY!

From the clothes, colors, landscapes, horizons, skies, flora and fauna, complexions, languages to livelihoods and food; everything changes from one kilometer to the other, ...

Atul Gawande: What ails India's public health system

What do you make of India's under-performing, poorly-funded, leaky public health system, smothered by high population and appalling sanitation? It is the same health system...

Obama’s All-Women Press Conference Deals Glancing Blow to Patriarchy

It was a rough day for men who spend their days asking President Barack Obama questions. At the president’s year-end press conference, Obama called only on women, fie...