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What Are You Reading This Summer?

Americans are gearing up for summer vacation. The well-known Microsoft creator Bill Gates often writes about what he’s reading on his blog ‘Gates Notes’ and ...

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Gender

Pakistan Stands Up for Transgender Rights

Transgenders are a diverse community, representing all racial and ethnic backgrounds, as well as faith backgrounds. They come from all walks of life. They are dads and moms, b...

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Health

Brookings India Attempts to Decode NFHS-4

The 2015-16 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is a large-scale, multi-round survey conducted in a representative sample of households throughout India. Three rounds of the ...

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Powerful People

Being Muslim and Gay: Meet Arshad Khan, Director of 'Abu'

The 9th edition of KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will be held from 23-25 May in Mumbai at Liberty Cinema and Metro Inox. The festival will play 140 fil...

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TV

13 Reasons Why: Of Polaroids, Phantoms and a Pending Verdict

The verdict is pending. Does Hannah get justice? Well, you have to see to come to know about it. The series that had come to become a critically acclaimed and commercially suc...

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Bollywood

Can there be a Bollywood’s #MeToo Moment?

The Harvey Weinstein scandal which unfolded last year, resulting in the #MeToo movement, was a much-required awakening globally. When it came to opening up, Bollywood didn't b...

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Environment

Encouraging Local Communities to Appreciate Local Nature

When you think about nature, cities are not what comes to your mind. Nature is a camping trip to a state park, or of grandiose landscapes with forests, lakes and snow-capped m...

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Movies

Double or nothing!

Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Morena Baccarin, Julian Dennison, Zazie Beetz, T.J. Miller, Brianna Hildebrand, Jack Kesy Director: David Leitch Producer: Simon Kinberg, R...

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Kaleidoscope

Life is Brutal

Lisa Genova’s Every Note Played is about courage, but also states a brutal fact—there is no nobility in suffering. Some diseases strike without warning, ...

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Human Rights

This Mother’s Day Help the Moms in Crisis

Last Sunday was Mother's Day. You would probably know about it, thanks to the zillion social media posts that wouldn't stop coming in. At least 97 countries around the globe c...

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GENDER: LIVING ALONE, FINDING INNER STRENGTH

AkelaNest by Aparajita Krishna: A reflective, deeply personal exploration of single livi...

November 21 2025

TV: TRUTH RISES THROUGH THE DARKNESS

In this review by Monojit Lahiri, a relentless Bengali crime thriller unfolds with raw p...

November 20 2025

BOLLYWOOD: LOVE, AGE, CHAOS, REPEAT

A witty, uneven yet engaging romantic comedy, De De Pyaar De 2 explores age-gap love wit...

November 19 2025