Most Ratified Human Rights Treaty is 25 Years Old

Augustine J. Veliath invites writers everywhere to own and use this powerful tool, the CRC.

Nearly 25 years ago, the world made a promise to childr...

The Job Of A Filmmaker Is To Afflict The Comfortable And Comfort The Afflicted

MUMBAI, March 14, 2014 – On Saturday, acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, blockbuster Nigerian director of note Tunde Kelani, and Oscar-nominated American produc...

Shyam Benegal Back on TV After 25 Years with a Mini-Series Produced by Rajya Sabha Television

~ ’SAMVIDHAAN – The Making of the Constitution of India’ is a 10 part mini- series ~

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Who said playing games is waste of time?

Throughout the last twenty or thirty years, parents around the world have been putting limitations on the amount of time their children spend playing games. Many a times, p...

A Dynamic Dialogue for Sustainable Development Goals

Major Groups and other stakeholders will have an intersessional meeting with members of the Open Working Group on sustainable development goals on 22 November, just before ...

UN Economic and Social Council set to tackle new sustainable development agenda

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has embarked on a timely slate of far-reaching reforms that will make it a stronger, more issues-oriented body, as Secretary-...

‘THE DARK KNIGHT’ Director Christopher Nolan Making Climate Change Apocalypse Film

Director Christopher Nolan cagily denied his Batman film trilogy had a conservative streak.

The trilogy’s take on terrorism and an Occupy Wall Street-styled f...

Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

Honourable CM Prithviraj Chavan declares the 15th Mumbai Film Festival open

The excitement was palpable as the Emcee welcomed Mr. Srinivasan Narayanan, festival director of the 15^th edition of the Mumbai Film Festival presented by R...