Those Placid Waters

Humra  Quraishi tells another heartbreaking shortstory, set in Kashmir, where the blur between who is the enemy and who i...

Wow Effect! Discovering major acting talents

Khalid Mohamed sights four terrific actors on the gamut of original films and web series, streaming currently

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Snake Bites: Bollywood’s Naagins

Film historian Dhruv Somani takes stock of the Naagin and Naag movies, which have crowded the Bollywood repertoire for decades...

Adolescent Health: The Missing Population in Universal Health Coverage

The Sustainable Development Goals and global political momentum behind Universal Health Coverage (UHC) offer significant opportunities to build collective global and nation...

In spite of Global Progress, Women still continue to die during or after Childbirth

The death of a woman during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after delivery is a tragedy for her family and for society as a whole. According to...

Can Children Really Scare You?

There’s something exquisitely dreadful about scary little kids. You don't expect children to be vicious killers—but they’re a...

A Keychange to bring in Gender-balanced Music Festivals

It is clearly evident that the gender problem prevails in music festivals. The Firefly Music Festival happened ...

It's High Time Women get a Spot in Major Music Festivals

The Firefly Music Festival happened in January and it...

The Oceans have ‘Dark’ Secrets

You may have seen the pictures of glowing oceans at night on the internet or scenes from films (Life of Pi), or maybe even experienced it li...