Vintage Women, Mentor

March 8 every year is a special calendar entry for so many women. A few years back, I overheard a group of suburban housewives weighing the pros and cons of special buffet ...

Governance Tips from India's Children

Manisha from Siwan:
The Price We Pay for Patriarchy

For 23 years, I was a UNICEF   official. This meant children paid my salary. Chi...

Bill Gates Gives Advice On How To Help

When Bill Gates was looking into what he could do in the world of philanthropy, he says he looked for problems to which governments weren’t already paying attention. ...

3 Screens and The Missing 4th “R”

Screens surround us, and our children.

First of all there is the big screen, with its larger than life images, with its tinsel moorings, colors and the celebrities ...

Akshay Kumar to teach self defence for women

Akshay Kumar, India’s Bollywood Actor, is set to launch a free of charge martial arts training institute for women in Mumbai this year. The self defense course is set...

True Review: Ya Rab

Ya Rab – Hard Hitting & Must Watch for Hindu – Muslim unity

Rating: 4 Stars

After a long time, Bollywood p...

Leamington charity founder’s legacy lives on in Indian school – but more funds needed

The legacy of former Campion School pupil and Leamington man Gilly Mundy, who died in 2007, lives on as a charity he founded continues to make progress.

The Gilly M...

Taste of sting

I vividly remember my first encounter with bichhu ghas, literally scorpion grass. My botany teacher had introduced me to the Himalayan giant nettle, known as Girardinia div...

A mother and a judge speaks out on section 377

My name is Leila Seth. I am 83 years old. I have been in a long and happy marriage of more than sixty years with my husband Premo, and am the mother of three children. The ...