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Why Iceland Is The Best Place In The World To Be A Woman

Rebekka is so tiny that, even on her tiptoes, arms aloft, she cannot reach. So her teacher lifts her up to the unvarnished wooden monkey bar. “One, two, three,”...

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Mobile Diagnostic Device That Helps Pregnant Women In Rural India Receive Timely Medical Attention

A six-page report published in September by the established UK medical journal Lancet provided some shocking figures about maternal mortality in India. It revealed that in ...

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Parents Should Use RTI For Education Rights Of Children

The Right to Education Act, 2009, explains that schools have a duty to give information to local bodies or government. Section 12 (3) says: “Every school shall provid...

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We Can Save Elephants. But Can We Save Wild Elephants?

I have just returned from Kenya’s North Eastern Province where one night, camped out in a dry riverbed with just a mosquito net for cover, a herd of elephants emerged...

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Mumbai Film Festival: Day 3 And 4 Highlights

It’s a mixed bag as the Dardennes disappoint, Verhoeven provokes and Larrain delights Turns out the director of Basic Instinct, Starship Troopersand Showgir...

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It’s A Great Time To Be A Woman In B-Town: Sonakshi Sinha

With her choice of progressive roles — be it in the recent Akira, a RAW agent in Force 2 or the journalist she plays in Noor, Sonakshi Sinha has been impressing audie...

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Jane Fonda To Be Honored At Equality Now Gala

Equality Now, the international human rights organization dedicated to women’s and girls’ rights, is pleased to announce that it will honor four powerhouses for...

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85-Year-Old Man Breaks Marathon Record

Ed Whitlock, 85, is a new world record holder after the English-born Canadian finished the Toronto Waterfront Marathon in under four hours last Sunday. He ran the fastest i...

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What Women Do When They Can't Afford An Abortion

When Ariana Menefee found out that she was pregnant seven years ago, she knew immediately that she needed an abortion. "My pr...

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Activists Seek Protocol For Disabled At Airports

New Delhi: The alleged humiliation meted out to Paralympian Aditya Mehta, who was recently forced to take off his p...

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