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...

Dharamsala International Film Festival Comes To A Close With Tamil Film Visaranai

The fifth edition of the Dharamsala International Film Festival (DIFF) came to a close on 6 November. The four-day film festival was held in the mountain town of McLeod Gan...

Rajasthan To Set Up First Authority To Guarantee Land Titles

Rajasthan is setting up an independent authority to verify and guarantee land titles in its cities, a move seen by experts as speeding up property transactions, freeing up ...

Dharamshala International Film Festival Will Increase Film Culture In Mountains: Ritu Sarin

Filmmaker Ritu Sarin, who launched Dharamshala International Film Festival with husband Tenzing Sonam in 2012, is confident that the movie gala will help promote the cultur...

This Garment Factory Turned Shelter Home Has Supported More Than 250 Women In The Past 4 Years

The Urja Trust was founded in 2012 by DeepaliVandana, a Mumbai based social worker. It is a non-government organisation that provides shelter to vulnerable women who are ho...

Kaleidoscope - Rebellious Women

At a time in the past, when women were denied education or any kind of independent existence, the only ones to have some limited freedom were female performers - ...

47th International Film Festival Of India To Help Grow Strong Film Market

The International Film Festival of India continues to grow both as a major festival for independent films and international productions as well as establishing a strong fil...

India Abstains At UN Vote On LGBT Independent Expert

India avoided taking a position on the need to end discrimination based on sexual orientation at the Human Rights Council of the UN, as the Supreme Court is yet to “p...

UN Makes History On Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

The United Nations Human Rights Council, in a defining vote, adopted a resolution on June 30, 2016, on “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual...