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Poetic Justice Offers Free Class On Theater-Based Approach To Social Change

Now celebrating its 16th season of serving the community, the Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble offers a free five-week class on its world-renowned social-change theater techniq...

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World Mental Health Week: Celebrity Advocates Of Mental Illness

Depression is a serious mental health condition which impacts a person both physically and mentally, and requires treatment. But there are a lot of stigmas attached to it. Als...

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Stars Support #IAMWHOLE Mental Health Campaign

YMCA releases major research today as it partners with #IAMWHOLE – an NHSanti-stigma campaign fronted by Jordan Stephens (Rizzle Kicks). More than one in three young peo...

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Google Aims To Win The AI Revolution By Building A Personal Assistant Into Everything

Google believes we are on the cusp a shift in computing as fundamental as PC to mobile. This time, the shift is away from physical devices themselves to where the killer app i...

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Meet The Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate

When I call FadumoDayib, she tells me she's in the middle of a school run and driving her car. Straight away I notice her way with words; the way she pauses to choose the righ...

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Mercury Is More Earth-Like Than We Thought

Mercury has been hiding an exciting secret: the closest planet to our Sun is perpetually shrinking, according to new data from NASA, which shows the appearance of new, tiny cr...

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Hurricanes Will Worsen As Planet Warms And Sea Levels Rise, Scientists Warn

Major storms such as Hurricane Matthew, which has slammed into Haiti and isnow headed towards the US, will grow in menace as the world warms and sea levels rise, scientists ha...

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Mirzya Wins Accolades At 60th BFI London Film Festival

Filmmaker RakeyshOmprakashMehra’s Mirzya got a thumbs up from the audience at the 60th BFI London Film Festival. Marking Bollywood debut of Anil Kapoor’s son Harsh...

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Different Strokes: 36 Railway Stations Get Colourful Makeover

Over the past week, about 25,000 volunteers have worked through the night to give Mumbai’s local train stations a colourful facelift, since October 2, as part of ‘...

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Ajay Devgn Becomes Goodwill Ambassador, Supports Women Issues

Apart from acting, directing and producing films, Ajay Devgn is now working on a social cause. The 'Shivaay' actor has become the goodwill ambassador for Smile Foundation, whi...

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POWERFUL PEOPLE: CINEMA, ART AND REVOLUTION

From crafting visionary films to building an inclusive filmmaking community, Kabeer Khur...

November 28 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024