‘It’s Horrific’: Melinda Gates On Rapes In India

MEXICO: One of the world’s most powerful women – Melinda Gates has for the first time spoken out against the recent spate of rapes and sexual attacks on women i...

Shah Rukh Khan Speaks Up About Gender Pay Gap In Bollywood.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has opened up about the gender pay gap in Hindi cinema. In an interview with BBC after receiving an honorary doctorate degree from the Un...

Simple Ways Tech Companies Can Fight Gender Inequality

With Intel’s recent move to promote better hiring practices, many tech companies have begun to take a harder look at issues of diversity in the workplace. At the VMwo...

Sonam Kapoor: Girl Power Will Be Back.

Sonam Kapoor is making headlines these days owing to her latest movie 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', where she is paired up with super star Salman Khan. While the actress is quite...

Gwyneth Paltrow Uses `Ironman` To Mark Gender Pay Gap In Hollywood.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has used ‘Ironman’ Robert Downey Jr. to highlight the gender pay gap in the industry. In an interview with Variety, Paltrow said that &l...

India’s Sanitation Crisis Is The Biggest In The World’

Jack Sim founded the World Toilet Organization in 2001 by breaking the taboo associated with sanitation through his unique blend of humour and seriousness. In an email inte...

Gabrielle Union Says Women Receive ‘Shame’ For Picking Careers Over Having Children.

One of Hollywood’s leading actresses says women are looked at differently for picking business over babies. “Bring It On” star Gabrielle Union o...

Censored Women's Film Festival coming to D.C.

A collection of previously censored films made by women will be shown in Washington, D.C., in November. The films — part of the Censored Women’s Film Festival &...

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...