Eliza By Any Other Name

December 2015 marked the end of the year long birth centenary celebrations of pioneering theatre personality Begum Qudsia Zaidi. To her goes the credit for translating and ...

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...

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...

Her Name Was Gauhar

There is little documentation about India’s great performing artistes and even less about the women.

The tawaifs, despite their talent and refinement had the ...

I Went Down The Rabbit Hole Of A Fake Climate Change-Themed Real Estate Firm

?We are a real estate company that will prevent you from losing money from global warming,? a?promotional video?for the company said. ?We will help you find property that w...

Retroscope - The Healing Touch

The following is no filmy story. But it has the possibility of inspiring a Raju Hirani or a Vidhu Vinod Chopra with a central character who is as delightful as Munnabhai an...

Crime And Punishment

The film Drishyam (in its many versions), raised curiosity about the Japanese book that inspired it. The bestselling Japanese novel is also reportedly being made into anoth...

Elizabeth Taylor Ran a Safe House, Underground Drug Ring for HIV Patients

The late Elizabeth Taylor is remembered for many things: her violet eyes, her acting chops?and saltiness. But something that usually doesn?? make it in the same breath when...

Carey Mulligan: Good Jennifer Spoke Up About Gender Pay-Gap

Actress Carey Mulligan is impressed with Jennifer Lawrence for starting a discussion about the pay disparity between male and female actors in Hollywood. Lawrence, 25,...