Celebrity Chef Vikas Khanna wants to share one important message with the rest of the world – cherish your parents when you can and show them that you truly appreciate them. Vikas, who is arguably one of India’s most successful chefs, has opened up in a heart-wrenching post on Facebook where he details the last conversation he ever had with his own father. In the post, he writes that on […]
Of the 37 million people across the globe who are blind, more than 15 million are from India. The most unfortunate part of this is that while most of the cases are curable, there’s an acute shortage of optometrists and eye donations. However, their inability to see is not an impediment to their education or careers. In an initiative by the College of Fragrance for the Visually Impaired (COVFI), Mumbai, […]
Education is the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and preparing oneself or others intellectually for life. In India, a majority of schools and colleges still evaluate students based on methods that encourage memorising and recall. When a student graduates, there’s much more an employer seeks to find in him or her than just memorising. In order to maintain consistent […]
Ever since the pro-jallikattu protests broke out in Tamil Nadu, actor Kamal Haasan has been actively, frankly and openly expressing his political views on on social media. Speaking to Karthigaichelvan of Puthiya Thalaimurai TV, Kamal said that his political expressions were not new, and that he’d always been interested in politics and found in Twitter a conducive medium. “I was vocal about my views even as a 21-year-old boy. I […]
Bollywood veteran actor Anupam Kher is all set to showcase his acting skills in Hollywood once again. This time, Gerard Butler starrer ‘A Family Man’ is expected to work wonders for him. The first trailer of the Mark Williams directorial was recently released online. Anupam on Sunday took to Twitter to share the same with his fans. “Delighted to share the trailer of my upcoming film ‘A Family Man’ with […]
On International Women’s Day, Barack Obama shared a touching letter that was written to him and Michelle by an Indian-American woman named Sindhu. In her letter, Sindhu thanks the Obamas for bringing the biggest changes in the world with their leadership and expresses her gratitude by promising them that she’s in on the process of change that the dynamic duo kickstarted. Read the inspiring letter here. To: Michelle and Barack […]
Your quest for beauty could be killing you ….. slowly. Did you know your lipstick contains heavy metals and chemicals that are also used to manufacture rubber and plastics? That personal care and beauty products that make you look pretty, are mostly carcinogenic? That there are no strict laws governing the quality and production standards of the cosmetics you use as a rule every day? From the innocuous looking toothpaste […]
The illustrations mark the beginning of a different activities to be carried out in the coming weeks by UN Women Egypt. Why is gender a parameter to define the existence of a person at workplace? Man or woman, both should have equal rights and an equal stature while working at offices as they do the same amount of work, shouldn’t they? With a tagline that says, “Finding Women at Work […]
Jitender Chhatar, a 30-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Jind district has done something most of us don’t have guts to do. Jitender has not only married a gang rape victim but is also assisting her in her legal battle against the alleged accused. We seldom get to hear such inspiration stories, people like Jitender should be recognised because people like him are the harbinger of change in the point of view […]
