Of A Biased Media, Yakub Memon And Baby Crows!

So as I walked into the elevator that would take me to my apartment on the 7th floor after work last evening, in walked with me a lady well over 75 years of age.

I ...

80% Have Lost Faith In Mainstream Media, 70% Feel Prime Time Debates Are Chaotic & Meaningless

In India, there are approximate 130 million subscribers of cable TV (both DTH and traditional cable); and out of those, around 40-50% do watch news related channels at leas...

Mothers Helping Mothers To Live With H.I.V.

When Teresa Njeri got pregnant in 2001 in Kiambu, a suburb of Nairobi, it was the end of the world.   She was joyous about the pregnancy — but an AIDS test showe...

On AIDS: Three Lessons From Africa.

An AIDS fable: Once upon a time, in the years after AIDS went from being a death sentence to a manageable disease, at least for people rich enough to take antiretroviral th...

You’ll Never Believe Why India Is Better Than Silicon Valley For Women!

This seems rather hard to believe considering the multitude of articles written on gender discrimination against women in India. But India is a land of surprising dichotomi...

The Rise And Fall Of Television In India.

Why does TV focus endlessly on the deeds of the least inspiring section of our society, the politicians? A friend of mine recently donated her TV set to her maid. She says:...

Social Media Sharing, News And Opinion Leadership: Recent Research.

Although social media channels have not yet become the primary way that the public at large accesses news, many recent reports and studies confirm that social networks are ...

Where Youtube Meets The Farm

Half of the children in India are chronically malnourished. So imagine the potential benefits if there were a simple way to increase the milk production from cows by, say, ...

Depressed? Try Therapy Without the Therapist

Elle is a mess. She’s actually talented, attractive and good at her job, but she feels like a fraud — convinced that today’s the day she’ll flunk a ...