“Feminized Poverty”: Poverty A Woman’s Face?

Poverty has different connotations depending upon the circumstances under which we construe it. One such connotation is gender based poverty or feminized poverty. Feminizat...

Manisha Koirala: Women's Education Will Contribute To Development

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala on Saturday pitched for full education of women in every society so that they could contribute equally for the country’s development...

Recycling Unused Medicines To Save Money And Lives

It always troubled Deane Kirchner to throw away good medicine. When residents of the Lincoln Glen long-term facility in San Jose, Calif., where she is the director of nursi...

Jaipur International Film Festival To Begin On January 2

Jaipur: Eighth Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF), beginning on January 2 here, will screen 152 films covering 35 countries including India, its founder Director Han...

Only 37% Of Over 10,000 Pay-To-Use Toilets In Mumbai Are For Women’

Few things in life are as compelling as a full bladder. Last month, it made 22-year-old Laxmi Pandit plead, bargain and fight with the hard-nosed attendant of a toilet near...

The Human Incubator

Sometimes, the best way to progress isn’t to advance — to step up with more MONEY, more technology, more modernity. It’s to retreat. Towards the end of th...

Transhumanists, In Their Own Words

Transhumanism, the idea that humans should use science and technology to extend our natural abilities, is the religion of the 21st century. It's a concept that has been aro...

Retroscope: The Amazing Choir From Shillong

I schooled in the St. Joseph’s Convent on Bandra’s ​Hill Road. Opposite our school was the grand St.​Peter’s School. ​O​urs was strictly a girls&r...

True Review Movie - English - Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Critics rating: 3.5 Stars

Cast: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, O...