Why Discriminating Against Women Keeps Countries Poorer

In 100 countries around the world, women are barred from doing certain work solely because they are women. More than 150 countries have at least one law that is discriminat...

Gender Gap Persists In Graduation, College-Going

It’s hard to ignore discrepancies between white students and those of color when it comes to academic achievement. There are national and local organizations devoted ...

Reshma Makes A Bold Statement With Red Lipstick

Ogilvy & Mather has created a thought provoking campaign featuring acid attack survivor Reshma Qureshi in a bid to end sale of acids. There is no dearth of mak...

WHO Urges Action Against Antibiotic Resistance.

Cautioning against the indiscriminate use of antibiotics and other drugs which leads to resistance to medicines and treatment failure, the World Health Organization has urg...

India Fixes Health Goals For Next 15 Years

India has set itself a challenging target to reduce maternal mortality rate to 70 per 1000 live births, and for neonatal and under-five to 12 and 25 per 1,000 births respec...

SUSTAINABILITY V/S EYEBALLS

It’s incredibly shocking when in the midst of a serious discussion among family and friends about what one can do to make our world a better place to live in for all,...

Years Of Living Dangerously: Merchants Of Doubt hiding An Inconvenient Truth

The Climate Change debate has been active for close to thirty years now. James E Hansen was the first scientist to expose to dangers of climate change when he decided to of...

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...