UN Climate Chief Joins Alumni Calling on Swarthmore to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Christiana Figueres calls on Swarthmore College in a letter to ‘play its part in history’ and rid its investments of fossil fuels that cause climate change &nbs...

“To Be or Not To Be”

Nature gives the gift of life.

Law gives the right to life.

Who is to grant, not to live?

It is often a cause of wonderment why human ashes are grey...

Should India make health a fundamental right?

As a symbolic gesture, it is great to make health a justiciable right; but as citizenry, we would be foolish to let the healthcare debate be hijacked by this non-issue, or ...

Edward Snowden wins Swedish human rights award for NSA revelations

Whistleblower Edward Snowden received several standing ovations in the Swedish parliament after being given the Right Livelihood award for his revelations of the scale of s...

Heirs to Rockefeller oil fortune divest from fossil fuels over climate change

The heirs to the fabled Rockefeller oil fortune withdrew their funds from fossil fuel investments on Monday, lending a symbolic boost to a $50bn divestment campaign ahead o...

Designed By Varuna D Jani, The MAMI Trophy Rises Like A Phoenix From The Ashes And Takes A New Form

Mumbai, October 2014:The 16th edition of the Mumbai film festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) will have a sparkling touch this y...

Get used to toilet-to-tap water, Californians told

Drought-hit state plans $140m expansion at world’s biggest treatment facility to recycle more waste water The golden state’s historic drought is forcing once-sq...

Is America Disinventing Human Rights? By Professor Alemayehu G Mariam

In his 1981 farewell speech, President Jimmy Carter said, “America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way round. Human rights invented...