Is Menstrual Blood Really Impure? A Scientific Take On Myths & Facts

We as a species are yet to unravel the necessity to menstruate (and in turn procreate) as we do, as often as we do, and for as long as we do. This indeed is a difficult con...

This Indian Toy Inventor Has Made Science Fun & Sustainable For Over 30 Years

Tin Tanker, Stretchable Stomach, Coconut Creature and Buckling Basket - alliterations are not the only thing Arvind Gupta is a maestro at. For over 30 years, this Indian sc...

More Than 100 Authors Sign Greenpeace's Pledge for Free Speech and Forest Protection

More than 100 authors from around the world, including Nobel Prize winner John Maxwell Coetzee (Disgrace); writer and comedian Stephen Fry (More Fool Me); Man Booker Prize ...

Bill Gates: Your Summer Reading List Should Include These 5 Books

Summer is a great time to escape: to the beach, to the mountains, or to the world of a great book. This year, I found myself drawn even more than usual to books that took m...

From Medea To Posh: All Female Productions Have Caused A Stir

With the all-female staging of 'Medea' which is currently on at the Bristol Old Vic, we take a look at what drives productions to be exclusive to women “You can trace...

Helen Mirren On Why She Resisted Calling Herself A Feminist At First

Though Helen Mirren emphatically calls herself a feminist now, she admits she's resisted the term in the past. Making the commencement speech at Tulane University in New Or...

Making Of A Healthy And Happy India

Private sector and civil society will have to work together to reach the ambitious goal set by Family Planning 2020 Imagine an innovation that could break entrenched cycles...

'Augustown', A Novel Of The Sacred & The Profane In Jamaica

The richness and heft that is lost in the making of official accounts of the world is one of Miller’s favorite themes. Another of his poems speculates that a law the ...

Arjun Kapoor Will Be Chief Guest At KASHISH 2017 In Mumbai

South Asia's biggest LGBTQ film festival to be held from May 24-28, 2017

Actor Arjun Kapoor will be chief guest at the opening ceremony of the 8th edition of ...