Empowering Widows to Stand for Themselves
Taking place annually on 23 June, International Widow’s Day is a UN ratified event which puts the emphasis on the poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their …
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A Phenomenon Called Durga Shakti Nagpal
English author Virginia Woolf famously said, “For most of history, anonymous was a woman.” In India, a 28-year-old woman, Durga Shakti Nagpal, an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the …
Read MorePolitics without principle and commerce without morality
Politicians in India have shown little concern for the welfare of the common man. Indian public had not even recovered from the callous reaction of the Bihar chief minister to …
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Indian cinema’s changing face: Amit Kumar
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-to2xxJFnhI[/youtube] Director Amit Kumar’s debut film Monsoon Shootout opened to rave reviews at this year’s Cannes Midnight Screening. The bold noir tells the story about a rookie …
Read MoreNew Kid On The Block
The son of Bollywood music baron Kumar Taurani (owner of Tips Industries Ltd) Girish Kumar is making his acting debut in the just-released Ramaiya Vastavaiya directed by Prabhu Deva; who …
Read MoreIs Midday Meals Grief A Bureaucracy-Run Social Welfare State Model’s Failure ?
The death of 22 school kids in the Indian state of Bihar after eating mid-day meal provided by the state government on Wednesday has again exposed the rampant corruption gnawing …
Read MoreThe Final Stop for India’s Telegram Service
India bid farewell to its commercial telegraph operation last Sunday after facing stiff competition from the internet and mobile technology. The shutting down of the 163-year-old telegraph service marked the …
Read MoreA Family Saga
In the Shadow of Freedom by Laxmi Tendulkar Dhaul evoked great interest after its first release at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2013. It is a tender love story involving three …
Read MoreTête-à-tête with Farhan Akhtar
[youtube height=”HEIGHT” width=”WIDTH”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY3qfhYPJSI[/youtube] Actor, director and producer Farhan Akhtar ushered a new wave in Hindi cinema with his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai in 2001and rocked his way into our …
Read MorePromoters at Helm Can be Good for Companies
The return of N R Narayana Murthy (NRN) at Infosys and his hiring of son Rohan as executive assistant have raised the hackles of every Tom, Dick and Harry. A …
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