Water Walkathon

A large number of women in rural and urban India don’t have much to celebrate on women’s day on March 8 Their day will begin as usual with a walk to fetch water...

Hugh Jackman Creates Charitable Foundation With Wife

Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborra-Lee Furness have launched a charitable foundation for performing arts in their native Australia.

The Wolverine sta...

Empowering the kings and queens of the roads

The year 2010 turned out to be unexpectedly special for Aishwarya Raman (23) and Anubhav Agrawal. Aishwarya, a student of sociology at MOP Vaishnav College, was in her fina...

Holi Aayee Re...

The weekend belonged to Holi, unequivocally. I simply couldn’t help but remember the time the only channel, our very own Doordarshan filled its play list of Chayageet...

Climate change unites fishermen in Kutch, Sundarbans

Being conducted by UK-based research body STEPS Centre, the study on climate-induced uncertainties takes the perception of people into account, which is often overlooked in...

True Review: Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap

During the last few weeks, Bharat ka Veer Putra —   Maharana Pratap took an interesting action packed turn.  Maharana Udai Singh was to foil Rao Surtan...

Sustainable development strategy swiped at in budget has no teeth, says NDP MP

Canada’s grand scheme for reducing its environmental footprint amounted to a measly two paragraphs in this week’s budget. The little-known Federal Sustainable D...

Less than 12 percent of children use toilets in India

According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas.

Against this background, social sc...

Woman with muscular dystrophy applies to be a fashion model as a joke, gets the job

Jillian Mercado is a fashion blogger and the editor at We The Urban… A few months ago, she saw a casting call from clothing company Diesel. They were looking for you...