Catch Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila This Week On ‘Off Centre’

In this week’s episode of Off Centre, Anuradha SenGupta speaks to Manipuri Human Rights Activist Irom Sharmila who ended her almost ...

Here’s How The Global Citizen India Movement Is Taking The Youth By Storm

Ever since the Global Citizen Movement was launched in India on September 12, almost 1.5 million actions have been taken by the committed global citizens who beli...

Video By ‘Girl Rising’ Is Breaking New Ground For Education Of Girls In India

It is universally acknowledged by aid workers and social justice activists that when girls are educated, change occurs at the grassroots level for communities in developing...

IIT Students Come Together To Set Up A Library For 250 Village Kids

As a child, many of us liked to curl up in a corner with a nice, big book in our hands and just be lost in that world for hours on end. Just like us, there are children acr...

What We Learned About The Global Burden Of Disease?

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, observed that knowledge is power and information is liberating. Indeed, the collection, analysis and dissemi...

‘Empowering Women To Facilitate Human Development’

KOLKATA: In the conference titled "Jaagruti- EmpoweringWomen to Facilitate Human Development" organized by the Indian Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, Pande said women are c...

Kaleidoscope - Two To Tango

A new play Mr & Mrs Murarilal has a middle-age man and woman - played by SatishKaushik and Meghna Malik - have a romantic rendezvous in a park.

They have a defi...

Freida Pinto Is The Youngest Indian To Join The Academy

Freida Pinto who is quite well recognised in the international movie circuit, is the youngest Indian to become the member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

The Art Project Making Paper Vaginas To Stop Female Genital Mutilation

Paper vaginas are helping to raise awareness of female genital mutilation (FGM) by empowering women to be proud of their bodies.
The United Nations Population Fund est...