Women's Bill Against Sharia, Will Make Men Feel 'Insecure': Pak Cleric

The recently-passed women's rights bill by Pakistan's Punjab Assembly is in direct conflict with Sharia laws and will make men feel "insecure", a top Pakistani religious an...

Democracy's Dirty Word

- Is politics overtaking India's inherent humanism?

Why have we become so intolerant of the term "intolerance"? Crisscr...

PREVIEW-Berlin Film Fest Opens With Clooney - And Eye On Refugees

George Clooney will be in town on Thursday when "Hail, Caesar!" opens the annual Festival, and Meryl Streep is the competition jury president, but the politically attuned s...

India Suffers From 'Inherently Unequal' Environment: Ratan Tata

The former Tata Group chief, who is now Chairman of Tata Trusts, said his greatest desire is to see India as a unified and equal-opportunity nation
India suffers from ...

Threatened By Militias And Traffickers, Mali's Desert Elephants Could Be Extinct In 3 Years

In 2012, poachers began targeting the Gourma elephants. Now, in the face of ongoing political instability — armed militias and traffickers in arms and drugs &mda...

Rediscovering Hidden Treasures : Hirak Rajar Deshe

The most renowned Indian film maker internationally, doubtless, is Satyajit Ray. His advent with the iconic debut, PatherPanchali (The Song of the Road) heralded an outstan...

Gender Gap Persists At World Economic Forum

“Davos Man” is being urged to broaden his circle, to include more women.With no lines for women at the bathrooms and corridors filled with men in suits, the Wor...

Silent

Deep inside every woman I have ever known across the many hierarchies that paint my world is vacuum; the result of an endless internal conflict that remains unresolved.

Owning Property Empowers Women In Unique Ways”: An Interview With Bina Agarwal

Bina Agarwal is a Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to this, she was the Director and Professor of Economics at ...