As India’s population rapidly increases, the nation’s tendency to prefer that women give birth to a son is likely to have detrimental effects on women and development. ‘Look, I’m going to tell you someth...
The countries in South Asia may be thriving economically, but the region must work together to tackle the problems of poverty, gender inequality and climate change, according to experts at the recent South Asia Economic Summit...
I am proud to be in Indian especially when the country has such a wonderful Government and compassionate political leadership. Did you just have a frown on your face upon reading this? I’m sure you think I am sadly mistaken....
A new social media campaign from UNICEF India is seeking to raise awareness and mobilize a collective effort to #ENDviolence against children, with special focus on sexual violence against girls. On 19 August 2013, UNICEF Ind...
A 22-year-old intern working as a photojournalist at a magazine was gang-raped in Mumbai, India while on assignment on August 22, 2013. The injured victim underwent surgery and is now recuperating. One man out of five suspect...
If you are spending time to read my attempt at textual sanity after reading the headline, it is quite likely that India interests you. You must either be an Indian or someone who keenly follows what India is up to. Well, in th...
A movement in India promoting the beauty of all skin colours is pushing back against the country’s obsession with fair skin. ‘Dark is Beautiful‘, founded by a group of women in 2009, has picked up steam in 2013 esp...
Jharia lies in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand and is India’s largest coal mining region supplying 67% of India’s electricity. For more than eighty years now fires have been burning underground on its coal ...
Tashi, 29, arrived in the UK in November 2012 from Dharamsala, India. He was 18 when he fled Tibet in a three month journey through the borders of Tibet, Nepal and India, until he finally found sanctuary in a UN Refugee registr...