Cultural Entrepreneurship in India

India’s cultural heritage goes back over 5000 years even before the much discussed Indus Valley Civilization. Since the advent of recorded history there is enough evi...

Aeschylus’s millennia old play gets an epic adaptation through The Suppliant Women

Written 2,500 years ago, The Suppliant Women is one of the world’s oldest plays which speaks to us through the ages with startling resonance for our troubled times. I...

What’s gone wrong with TV news in India

Broadcast news has dominated as the major source of news and information across the world for over 3 decades. This was all the more possible...

Stopping the Red-Light District

Prostitution, called the oldest profession in the world is making new news today as questions regarding its moral, ethical and legal issues are being debated over.

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Decriminalising Sex Work Is At The Frontier Of Workers Rights

It's been called the oldest profession in the world, but despite centuries of labor sex work still gets a bad rap. Whether or not you agree that sex work should or shouldn'...

Malaria-free India?

Malaria is one of the oldest diseases known to mankind. In India, it is an ongoing national health burden. To curb the disease, globally, the World Health Organization (WHO...

What's In Store At This Years Cannes Film Festival

The lineup at each year’s Cannes Film Festival typically includes a few surprise entries. But the announcement of this year’s offerings brought the first, grudg...

Indian-American Teen Indrani Das Bags The ‘Junior Nobel’ And $250,000 In Cash Prize

Indrani Das, an Indian-American teenager, has just walked away with the top prize in one of the most prestigious science competitions in the world – the Regeneron Sci...

Lipstick Under My Burkha To Open The New York Indian Film Festival

Lipstick Under My Burkha, which has failed to get clearance from India’s censor board, will open the 17th edition of the prestigious New York Indian Film Festival her...