Should Robots Have Rights?

Humans have historically used race, religion, gender, and sexuality as justifications to deny others the right to vote, marry, own property, and live freely. While robots were...

Designers On Acid: The Tripping Californians Who Paved Our Way To The Touchscreen Universe

Ever wondered why email, trash cans, Google Docs and desktops look the way they do? The answer lies in 1960s hippie culture and LSD-taking creatives  Next time you drag a...

12 Films To Watch Out For At KASHISH 2017

Festival Director Sridhar Rangayan picks 10 films that shouldn’t be missed at the 8th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival The 8th KASHISH Mumbai Internat...

Bill Gates Has A Message For Every College Grad Who Wants To Change The World

Congratulations! You’ve just accomplished something I never managed to do — earn a college degree. Between your commencement speaker and every aunt and uncle at yo...

With an endowment of $39.6 billion, and an annual grant support of about $4 billion, US-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is one of the leading private foundati...

A Scooter-Riding Bookseller Has Served Kolkatta Better Than Amazon Could Ever Hope To

From Vir Sanghvi to Aveek Sarkar, everyone is a fan of Tarun Kumar Shaw’s unique personal book home delivery service. If a book has been printed, and is in circulation i...

RIP Reema Lagoo: Bollywood Celebrities Mourn Death Of Indian Cinema's Most Celebrated On-screen Mother

Reema Lagoo best known for her roles in 'Hum Aapke Hain Kaun', 'Hum Sath-Sath Hain', 'Maine Pyaar Kia' and 'Kal Ho Na Ho' amongst many other contributions that she had made to...

Signature Move, starring Shabana Azmi is opening film at KASHISH 2017

South Asia's biggest LGBTQ film festival will screen 147 films from 45 countries American film "Signature Move", starring Indian actor Shabana Azmi will open the 8th edi...

Newt Sandwich For A Baby Bird

Through french windows framed by flowering clematis, I saw a blackbird touch down on the lawn. Leaning even as it landed, its beak led it in a pitter-patter metre-dash for the...