These centres, formed by a collaboration between the government and NGO, are helping distressed women in their most crucial time of need. The first centre in Bhopal handled 9,500 cases within the first 9 months itself! “Beta, keep an eye on her while I go to the clinic,” said Mona’s mother to the young man, who had rented a room in her apartment as a paying guest. He had […]
Here’s what happened yesterday: someone on the internet typed “Top 10 Criminals” into Google’s Image Search and was confronted with an image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi — right next to American gangster Al Capone and the mastermind behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts, Dawood Ibrahim. It got so crazy that Google apologised to the Prime Minister and now displays this disclaimer when you use the search term in question: These […]
A teacher from Kolkata has launched a petition on Change.org, a blog and a Twitter campaign urging the government to use prominent women on India’s currency notes.Why are there no women on India’s currency notes? That’s a question being posed by a Change.org campaign launched by a school science teacher based in Kolkata. Born on Twitter a week ago and also publicised via a blog and the online petition, […]
We’ve been warned enough about the downside of too much consumption of junk food. There’s no doubt that fast foods and processed foods have increased the burden childhood obesity, heart disease and diabetes and have made these chronic diseases a common lifestyle concern. Recently, the Delhi Government demanded a crackdown on junk food that is sold in schools and within 50 meters of them. In his book, Encyclopedia of Junk […]
The mind is a wonderful thing. It’s also a complete liar that constantly tries to convince us not to take actions we know are good for us, and stops many great changes in our lives. Scumbag mind. I’ve had to learn to watch these rationalizations and excuses very carefully, in order to make the changes I’ve made in my life: a healthier diet, regular exercise, meditation, minimalism, writing daily, […]
The much-awaited trailer of SS Rajamouli’s new film, Baahubali, is a spectacle to behold. Among other things, the film’s artworks are out of this world, and add oodles of visual finesse to it. The trailer opens to a magnificent palace on top of a hill: The high columns and gigantic statues of kings gives a hint that the film could be about court intrigues and dangerous manoeuvres. From the […]
Let’s talk about the oppression of our minds. How our minds end up screwing everything up, when we don’t want it to. In my own life, I know that my worst foe is my inner critic. Maybe you’ve dealt with this inner critic. This voice that seems to pop up out of nowhere, all of a sudden you feel like you’re on fire, and BOOM! You burst, and you don’t […]
The two co-champions of the US national spelling bee are sharing a trophy, marking the second year in a row the contest ended in a tie. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, is a five-time competitor of the bee, and her sister won in 2009. Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, nearly won last year. Paige Kimble, the bee’s executive director, was shocked to see another tie. She had predicted another half-century would pass before it […]
WASHINGTON: A Washington man shocked the staff of a neighborhood restaurant earlier this week by leaving a $2,000 for a meal of beer and gumbo he shared with a friend, the proprietor said Wednesday. The man, described by Blue 44’s owner Chris Nardelli as a gumbo-loving regular who lives nearby, left the tip on a $93 bill on Monday night. “Thank you for the gumbo!” he wrote on the […]
A little over four years ago, I landed at Manabi Banerjee’s doorstep – armed with an idea of a person I was sure she was going to be. Between me and Banerjee, who has now become the first transgender college principal in India, stood a pile of stereotypes. Clinging steadfastly on to my new-found sympathy – yes, sympathy was what it was at best – for fringe sexual groups, […]
