South Asian Govts Take 20 Plus Years to Turn Women's Deamnds ...

I am sad about the state of the official SAARC. There is still little connectivity between some of our countries. I have had to travel from Delhi to Islamabad via Abu Dhabi...

Obese Indian Wedding

Bharat Dabholkar’s Blame It On Yashraj, had its hundredth recently—making it one of the most successful English plays in recent times. This Ashvin Gidwani produ...

Fearless Alex

Stephenie Meyer, author of the immensely successful young adult books has gone adult with her new thriller, The Chemist. Meyer’s Twilight novels were turned into hit ...

This Futuristic Cap Lets People With Paralysis Communicate

It’s a patient’s worst nightmare: They’re paralyzed from an accident or disease, and slowly, even the ability to signal by blinking is taken from them. It...

Shah Rukh Khan On Bengaluru Molestation: Teach Boys To Respect Women

Shah Rukh Khan condemned the Bengaluru molestation and urged parents of young boys to teach their sons to respect women. The New Year revelry turned into a nightmare for se...

A Catastrophic Amount of Carbon Could Leak From the Soil By 2050

The term “snowball effect” is an unfortunate way to describe climate change, but a new study is predicting just that.

Climate scientists war...

A Mother’s Nightmare That Is Bihar

One factor that is totally ignored in all deliberations on women’s empowerment is the role of high quality healthcare. Education, jobs and bank accounts remain the th...

A New Horror Film Festival At Cinema Village

Horror fans are in for a macabre menu of varying flavors when 
FearNYC, a new film festival, makes its debut on Friday, Oct. 21, at Cinema Village. Among the offe...

The Invention That Stops Girls Missing School Every Month

In Malawi a packet of sanitary towels can cost a whole day's pay, and girls often miss school because the cotton strips they use instead are inadequate. Charlotte Ashton me...