POWER TO THE LITTLE DIVAS

Surfing channels during commercial breaks is when I discover new shows to follow. What it throws up is just not just new shows, but new talent, varied subjects, etc. A few ...

Workshops At 6th Jagran Film Festival Fulfill Film Lovers? Skill Wish-List.

~ From July 1 to July 5, 2015, industry stalwarts address workshopsat the Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi ~

Mumbai, June 24th, 2015: Jagran Film Festival is back in...

Meryl Streep To Members Of Congress: Put The Equal Rights Amendment Into The Constitution.

In support of a new ERA Coalition campaign, yesterday five hundred thirty-five letters personally signed by Meryl Streep were delivered to each and every Member of Congress...

Bollywood Mid-Year Report Card 2015: Women Are The New Pilots Of Bollywood's Successful Flight To Box Office

It is almost six months into the year 2015 and Bollywood has enjoyed both success and failures alike at the box office. While movies like ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns&rsqu...

Drastic Acceleration Of HIV Fight Needed To Stop AIDS Resurgence

The global HIV epidemic could see a resurgence in just five years without a drastic acceleration in efforts to prevent and treat the AIDS virus, the United Nations and dise...

Hague Climate Change Judgement Could Inspire A Global Civil Movement

“You have been negotiating all my life”, cried out 21-year-old Anjali Appadurai from the lectern of a UN climate change conference four years ago. The activist,...

Angelina Jolie Calls For Action On World Refugee Day.

UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie has been commemorating World Refugee Day with Syrian refugees in Turkey, which has overtaken Pakistan to become the world’s largest...

Citizen Media Shows Why India Is Unlikely To Reach Its Millennium Goals Target For Maternal Mortality

According to the UN Millennium Development Goals, India should bring down its maternal mortality rate (MMR) to 109 per 100,000 live births by 2015. This is a tough ask, as ...

From Ragpicker To Speaker In Geneva Conference

Suman More’s life has been a rags-to-recognition journey. As an illiterate, impoverished ragpicker from Pune, the 50-year-old could never have imagined that she would...