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68th Republic Day 2017: AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Shalmali Kholgade And 5 More Musicians Who Are Making This World A Better Place To Live In!

Musicians wage a war against gender inequality, terrorism, genocide, malnutrition and more this Republic Day 2017! If we rewind back two years, the time frame alone should suf...

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Scarlett Johansson Talks About Women's Health Issues In Moving Speech

Actress Scarlett Johansson took the podium during the Women's March in Washington DC, to speak about females health issues. Declaring that it was time for even a private perso...

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Vernacular Content Is The Next Big Thing: You Tube's Satya Raghavan

Content Asia's Janine Stein interviewed YouTube India's Satya Raghavan on the vdonxt asia stage last week. A look at their discussion. "Tech, content, platform, revenue, langu...

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Blank Noise Movement Speaks Out Against Sexual Harassment

When the clock struck midnight, and we welcomed the New Year, Bengaluru had another tale to tell — a mob of men caused utter chaos as they sexually harassed women who we...

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Slum Health Is Not Urban Health: Why We Must Distinguish Between The Two

We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’s p...

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A Chocolate Candy Aims To Make The World Think About Hunger

It is a very attractive truffle.It's made of the usual ingredients — cocoa butter, sugar, chocolate — with a not-so-typical addition. Thirty grams of dried tomatoe...

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Water-Sensitive Innovations To Transform Health Of Slums And Environment

Polluted water and inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cause around 80% of diseases and one in four deaths in developing countries. The world is recognising that e...

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9 Things You Can Do About Climate Change

My friend the writer and editor Laura M. Browning asked me to write about environmental action for her newsletter “One Small Thing,” which advises people on person...

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In The Mood For Chinese Movies? Check Out Spring Film Festival

Cineastes can now sate their curiosity about Chinese film at Shangri-La Plaza’s Spring Film Festival from January 25-29. Those wishing to experience how cinema has since...

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These 10 Powerful Images Shut Down All Who Blame Women’s Clothes For Sexual Assault

Usually when the gory details of molestation, sexual harassment, and rape cases become news in India, some people end up erroneously dissecting the clothes worn by the victims...

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THROUGH AN EYE CURIOUSLY INTERVIEW

In this insightful conversation, interviewer Khalid Mohamed engages photographer Chirode...

April 22 2026

MAMATA BANERJEE FACES DEFINING BATTLE

Ranjan Dasgupta analyses Mamata Banerjee’s toughest electoral challenge in West Be...

April 21 2026

PROGRESSIVE WRITERS ASSOCIATION 90 YEARS

Progressive Writers Association 90 Years Mumbai by Prof. Dr. Avinash Kolhe examines the ...

April 20 2026