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Health

Open Defecation Affects Pregnancy Outcomes Too, New Study Finds.

Eradicating open defecation has become one of the biggest, and most daunting, challenges faced by the Narendra Modi government. Poor sanitation practices like open defecati...

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Festivals

Richard Gere Pays Tribute To Dalai Lama At Opening Of Karlovy Vary Film Festival

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Rep. — Richard Gere struck a political note at Friday’s opening of the 50th edition of the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic,...

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Gender

Twitter embraces Modi’s #SelfieWithDaughter call, skips grim gender gap

Social media platforms were flooded with father-daughter selfies thanks to a message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio address on Sunday. “In...

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Festivals

Aditya Vikram’s Award-Winning Debut Feature, ‘Labour Of Love’, Which Won The European Critics Award For The Best Debut Film At The Venice Film Festival And Two National Awards Is Releasing In India On June 26

Mumbai, June 9, 2015: Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s critically acclaimed debut film, “Labour of Love” (Asha Jaoar Majhe), which premiered at the Venice Interna...

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Thought Factory

TECHNOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

“Give me liberty to know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties”, thundered John Milton in his famous Areopagitica, his essa...

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Environment

What Do Angry Birds And Mad Max Have In Common? A Climate Change Message.

In any given 24-hour period, the average urban commuter is subjected to hundreds of corporate advertisements. By contrast, it?s easy to make it through the day without hear...

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Gender

Girls Rule In An Indian Village

Though small and remote, the village of Mawlynnong, bordering Bangladesh in India’s northeastern state of Meghalaya, attracts tourists from all over the globe. Most c...

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Bollywood

Aamir Khan To Be A Part Of A 'Waste-Free' Maharashtra Campaign

Aamir Khan has always promoted social causes and has even been the ambassador of ‘Athithi Devo Bhava’ campaign for years now. The actor has now decided to exten...

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Gender

6 Indian Women Figure In Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List

At a time when 49% of Indian women have never accessed Internet, this comes as a gentle reminder that Indian women cannot be taken lightly. In the recent Forbes List of 100...

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Gender

“‘Dowry Calculator’ Is A New Way Of Looking At An Old Problem”: Aditya Save, Chief Marketing Officer, Shaadi.Com

Dowry, the deeply ingrained social evil, is often associated with arranged marriages. The regressive tradition has been spoken of in abundance, but occurrences of crime aga...

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