Happiness: A Goal Worth Pursuing

As daunting as it may be, defining what makes us happy is imperative in modern society. The Neolithic revolution, which took place approximately 12 thousand years ago, was ...

Yes, Your Toddler Really Is Smarter Than a 5 Year-Old

Very small children can reason abstractly, researchers say, and are able to infer the relationships between objects that elude older children who get caught up on the concr...

Ram Leela Review: A depraved fantasy

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela is yet another testament to Bollywood’s perversion of
Shakespearean formulas. The film hides behind a tasteful aesthetic,...

Igniting Minds for a Brighter Future

Reading the newspaper has become a troubling ordeal of late. Page after

page narrates incidents of crimes against women, communal tension and cases
of corrupti...

Syria’s polio outbreak demands an immediate response

ON TOP of all the human misery inflicted upon the people of Syria by civil war, now comes the polio virus. The disease, which can lead to irreversible paralysis and death a...

Comedy needs more female writers, says Veep’s Armando Iannucci

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s heels may clatter down the corridors of power in the American sitcom Veep – now back for a second season – but her gender is not the...

What is a connection?

In a world full of people, we still manage to relate to the experiences of others on a purely empathic level. Society has somehow distorted our ability to connect and has b...

Krrish 3 Review

To my utter dismay, my expectations proved to be correct about Krrrish 3. The film is a
collage of plagiarism, terrible performances and tacky special effects. You can...

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan honoured for tackling social issues

Aamir Khan is huge in Bollywood, a superstar actor, director and producer, sometimes called the “Tom Hanks of India.”
But between films –- “Dho...