These 9 Young Women Are Changing India Through their Work

You can never do too much good in this world; definitely not in the direction that this world is taking. (For all we know, good deeds might just be banned in the near futur...

7 Unasked Questions On A Ban

Augustine Veliath

India’s Daughter was banned. Let us look at seven unasked questions in this debate. Was banning the film a knee jerk reac...

Modi launches campaign to tackle India's dwindling number of girls

on Thursday, launching a campaign to address the problem the United Nations has said amounts to a national emergency. “In our neighbourhood, girls are commonly killed...

THE ROMANCE OF KITES

In mid January, the skies over Gujarat and Maharashtra are gaily speckled with kites, diving, soaring and getting at each other. This day marks the solar ingress into Capri...

We?re saving the ozone layer, but climate change is a different matter

The most environmental successful treaty ever, the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which banned CFCs, is bearing fruit A t last, there?s some good news. The Earth?s vital ozone lay...

To improve sex ratio, Khap ends 500-yr-old ritual in 5 Jat villages

In Dhariwal gotra-dominated Jaurasi-Fatehpur villages of Mewat, the Jat Khap Panchayat has abandoned a 500-year-old practice of ‘pagribandi’ (brotherhood) with ...

India's 'untouchable' scavengers

Rights group Human Rights Watch has called on the Indian government to end “manual scavenging” – the practice of cleaning human waste by low-caste communi...

Emma Thompson Visits The Arctic With Greenpeace

During a trip to the Arctic aboard a Greenpeace ship, Actor Emma Thompson has spoken out about what she describes as a ‘culture of guilt’ around what’s ne...

Thora Birch Speaks Out Against Cruel Cosmetics Tests On Animals

Actress Thora Birch has joined Cruelty Free International in calling for an end to animal testing in the American beauty industry. “It is a shame that in the United S...