Her Name Was Gauhar

There is little documentation about India’s great performing artistes and even less about the women.

The tawaifs, despite their talent and refinement had the ...

Three Stories That Explain Why I Am Relentlessly, Passionately, And Impatiently Optimistic

After a decade and a half of working on the issues facing the world’s poorest people, I like to call myself an impatient optimist. When I visited rural India last mon...

The Invisible Work That Women Do Around The World

Over the past 25 years, according to the United Nations, about 2 billion people have seen improvements in health care, sanitation, and job opportunities. That’s treme...

Lancet Report: On Healthcare, India Worst Among BRICS?Countries?

India is the poorest performer on health among the five BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), a new report card on the health scene in the country ...

A 'Victory For All Of The Planet': Nations Pledge To Slow Global Warming In Historic Pact

Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change?on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution b...

Tata Trusts & Khan Academy Partner To Provide Free Education For All! #Disruption

What happens when a rich philanthropist join forces with a technology enabled social platform: The world changes for good. In a historical move, Tata Trusts, backed by...

France And India Look To The Sun To Save The Planet

France and India on Monday launched an international alliance seeking to mobilise more than a trillion dollars by 2030 and deliver clean, solar energy to some of ...

Amitabh Bachchan Donates ‘Silsila’ Jacket To Charity.

Amitabh Bachchan has donated a jacket he wore in 1981 film Silsila to a charity. The jacket is one of many personal items of clothing that Bachchan has parted wit...