When considering higher studies abroad, financing your education may be one of the first concerns that come to your mind. The cost of an education at a top institute abroad can be a deterrent for students. However, with proper planning and information, hopefully no aspirant will face this predicament and have to compromise on their plans to study aboard. There are multiple types of scholarships available for international students based […]

The State-run Chinese media on Friday accused External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj of lying in Parliament that the world community supported India over the Doklam standoff and warned that India will have to face war and lose even its own territory if it fails to pull back troops. A hard-hitting commentary in the Global Times said India had tested China’s patience, whose next move would be war if New Delhi […]

Jen Betz wondered where the neighbors’ children were during the summers. She knew several young girls lived with her middle-aged neighbor Lee Kaplan, who they assumed was their father. But for years, she had felt uneasy. The girls never came out to play in the yard, which was overgrown with weeds. On the rare occasions when Betz did see them, they all wore blue dresses. And there were so many […]

Lipstick Under My Burkha is about four women from Bhopal who are struggling to find and express their voice, in a world hellbent on muting them. There’s Rehana (Plabita Borthakur), a college student and wannabe musician who is forced to work at her family’s tailoring shop. Leela (Aahana Kumra) is engaged to a boy selected by her mother and she is dating a photographer. Shireen (Konkona Sensharma) is a burkha-clad […]

The trailer for Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana and Kriti Sanon’s new film Bareilly Ki Barfi is out — and it looks great. Bareilly Ki Barfi is the story of Bitti (played by Kriti Sanon) who rebels against the conservative norms set by her family. Her parents want to get her married, but Bitti just doesn’t want to settle down. Enter Ayushmann Khurana, who is in love with her, and enlists […]

After winning the hearts of moviegoers by giving lovey-dovey performances and playing adorable characters on-screen, Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor is now all set to stun the audience by essaying the titular character in upcoming film ‘Haseena Parkar’. The much-awaited trailer of the Apoorva Lakhia directorial was unveiled online on Tuesday and, dayum, it is powerful enough to give you chills. The two minute and eight second long clip gives us […]

When a politician writes a book, readers like me perk up. The logic is simple; in an impervious political system like ours, only an insider account can reveal what goes on inside political parties, how the nation’s most consequential decisions are made, what is the pecking order and how the high-command culture plays out in real life. True that the accounts of politicians are one-sided, but they still give away […]

As teased on Friday, Disney has released the first ever teaser trailer of Ava DuVernay’s A Wrinkle in Time on Saturday at the ongoing D23 Expo in California, US. The teaser trailer gives us a good look at all the characters including Oprah Winfrey’s Mrs. Which, Reese Witherspoon’s Mrs. Whatsit, and Mindy Kaling’s Mrs. Who. A Wrinkle in Time is a story of a little girl called Meg Murry, played […]

Angela Dorothea Kasner, better known as Angela Merkel, was born in Hamburg, West Germany, on July 17, 1954. Trained as a physicist, Merkel entered politics after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Rising to the position of chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union party, Merkel became Germany’s first female chancellor, and one of the leading figures of the European Union, following the 2005 national elections. Angela Merkel is the […]

What is karma? Even though karma is intricately woven into our everyday existence, shaping our lives and directing our evolution, it remains largely misunderstood. Only by raising our karma consciousness, can we hope to improve our lives and create a more compassionate and loving environment around us.Here are some myths about karma.  Myth 1 – Karma is vengeful: As a universal law designed to maintain harmony and balance through divine […]