Knitting, baking and painting improve well-being and mental health, study finds

It’s hard to pinpoint when exactly it happened, but at some point over the past few years, wool got cool.

No longer the preserve of grannies, knitting is now ...

Should Goa or Delhi run the International Film Festival of India? The plot thickens

The 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India has commenced in Goa, and has been preceded by the by-now familiar jostling over jurisdiction between the two m...

Can Mars' Bid To Publish Genetic Maps Of Historic African Crops Boost Nutrition?

A Multi-Million Dollar Research Group Co-Founded By The Confectionery Company Mars Is Set To Publish The Genetic Maps To Five Traditional African Crops As Part Of An Ambiti...

No Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”&nb...

Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place."

J.K. Rowling

Over the last one century or so, ordin...

“Will You Be Back Early?”: Problems Single Women Face In Finding Accommodation

“Where do you work (or study)?”, “Will you be back early?”, “I do not allow drinking in the house.”, &ld...

Could An Algorithm Replace The Pill?

Cern scientist Elina Berglund developed an app to monitor her own fertility, with impressive results. Now thousands of women are using Natural Cycles to prevent – and...

American-Indian Duo Bring Vintage Studio Photography To Life Through Hand Coloured Studio Photos

Photographer Waswo X Waswo and artist Rajesh Soni talk to The Better India about A Studio in Rajasthan – a hand coloured series of black and white photographs that pa...

#Traveltales: Exploring Naya, Bengal’s Village Of Singing Painters

An intricate tapestry of music and visual art is what makes Naya more than just a village in West Bengal’s Paschim Midnapore district. A quaint little village, Naya i...