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...

The Man Who Is Reviving An Ancient Urdu Storytelling Form Using Sufism, Ramayana & More

Dastangoi is an ancient form of storytelling in Urdu that would have been erased from the collective imagination of Indians if it hadn’t been for the dedicated effort...

Dia Mirza To Raise Funds For Underprivileged Kids

Actress Dia Mirza will host a campaign as the ambassador of Genesis Foundation to raise funds for the treatment of underprivileged children. This will be done through Ketto...

Women Are Easy Targets, Says Swara Bhaskar

Swara Bhaskar doesn’t mince words. She has always voiced her opinion, even if it starts a debate. Earlier this month, she wrote an ope...

Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate

When I call FadumoDayib, she tells me she's in the middle of a school run and driving her car. Straight away I notice her way with words; the way she pauses to choose the r...

Watch Researchers Use Sound To Move Multiple Objects With Precision

A team of researchers at Aalto University in Finland has devised a method for the controlled movement of multiple objects using a single sound source, a development which m...

Meet Sonita, The Afghan Rapper Ending Child Marriage One Song At A Time

When Sonita Alizadeh was 10, her parents tried to marry her off. They were unsuccessful, but when she became a teenager they tried again. What they didn’t know was th...

Female Cartoonist Who Was Jailed For Depicting Government Ministers As Goats Is Finally Free

“I would rather go to jail than succumb to the regime”: these are the defiant words of Iranian satirical cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who is just the latest in ...

“An artclass on the footpath…”

Interns Pranoy Shaiva and Shreyas Nair contributed both words and photographs for this writeup.

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