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Yo-Yo Ma's Intriguing Mission To The World

Almost 20 years ago, the great Chinese-American cellist Yo-Yo Ma embarked on a bold new direction in his career, to challenge himself musically and creatively, and question th...

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Disturbing Images Show The Extent Of Delhi's Extreme Pollution Emergency

Delhi, the capital city of India and home to 25 million residents, is in the midst of an “extreme pollution event.” In other words the city has been overrun with s...

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India’s Dowry Culture

In virtually every corner of the globe women are denied basic human rights, beaten, raped, and killed by men. This happened yesterday, it is happening right now, and it will h...

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Desert 'fog catchers' make water out of thin air

Fog harvesting was devised in South America in the 1980s and there are active projects in various countries including Chile, Peru, Ghana, Eritrea, South Africa and California....

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Black Mirror Advert 'Netflix Vista' A New Mini-Episode

Season three of Black Mirror is quite terrifying, depicting various dystopian futures, some frighteningly close to our own reality (“Shut Up and Dance” in particul...

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Medica-Liberia, Community Unite Against Gender Base Violence

Residents and health workers of both King Gray and Cooper Beach Communities say it is time for all Liberians to go beyond condemning the act of SGBV by taking concrete steps t...

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Healthy lifestyle reduces even genetic heart attack risk

A recent study has found that even among those at high genetic risk, following a healthy lifestyle can cut in half the probability of a heart attack or similar event.It is a w...

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Freedom Business Offers Indian Sex Workers Alternative To Red Light District

An Indian quilt and bag company which employs women trapped in the sex trade has appointed two former sex workers to its board, its co-founder said, calling the move a first i...

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Wind farms might be killing many more bats than we realize

It’s no secret that wind power has experienced a boom in recent years, as demand for renewable energy sources grows. But while the technology is adept at helping curb gr...

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Plants Appear To Be Trying To Rescue Us From Climate Change

For decades, we’ve been pumping billions of tons of harmful greenhouse gases into the air, and for decades plants have been obligingly sucking it back out again. In fact...

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FESTIVALS: THREE DAYS OF UNMISSABLE BRILLIANCE

In its final three days, the Prithvi Theatre Festival surges toward a spectacular finish...

November 15 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: LEGACY, VISION, ART, AND NATION

This article by filmmaker Sharad Raj celebrates Jawahar Lal Nehru’s 126th birth an...

November 14 2025

RETROSCOPE: CELEBRATING THE LEGEND DARA SINGH

On his upcoming 97th birth anniversary, 19th November 2025, Monojit Lahiri revisits the ...

November 13 2025