The Power of a European Energy Union

One of the top priorities established by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker ahead of his election last summer was the creation of a European energy union. He...

A THIRD GENDER TALE

The daily prime time reality based crime show; Code Red hosted by Sakshi Tanwar narrated a most disturbing story last week. It was ?child abduc...

Sex and sensibility: Bollywood erotica in the time of Censor curbs

From Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), Utsav (1984), Anubhav (1986) and Kama Sutra (1996) to the more recent Jism (2003) and Murder (2004), you can hardly call erotica novel i...

OCD Is Not a Quirk

The term “obsessive-compulsive” has become a jokey shorthand, to the detriment of people who actually suffer. While shuffling through a Washington, D.C.-area me...

Bollywood Hits That Passed And Failed Gender Test In 2014

Another year, and another assortment of blockbusters, pulpy B-grades movies and the oddball-character-driven pieces passed us by. On the bright side, 2014 was a breakthroug...

Women are leaving the tech industry in droves

Ana Redmond launched into a technology career for an exciting challenge and a chance to change the world. She was well-equipped to succeed too: An ambitious math and scienc...

Nobel Awards To Honor Stars For Philanthropic Work

The Nobel Awards, an event honoring the entertainment industry’s philanthropic work, returns to the Beverly Hilton on Friday, February 27th, 2015. Confirmed celebriti...

Is A Number Crunching Agency Needed?

Vinta Nanda, Filmmaker-

Box office figures should be accurate. Yes, Bollywood should take help of agencies like Rentrak a...

Badlapur

Critics rating:  3.5 Stars

Cast: Varun Dhawan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi, Vinay Pathak, Divya Dutta, Radhika Apte, Yami G...