Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of President Pranab Mukherjee, was allegedly harassed by a man, who posted sexually explicit messages on her Facebook page. She lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime unit of Delhi Police. Police said the “lewd” messages were sent to the complainant through Facebook Messenger. The profile of the sender mentions him as a resident of Nauhati in Hooghly, West Bengal. Ms Mukherjee, a member of the Congress, […]

India has launched a campaign on social media to celebrate daughters, daughters-in-law and granddaughters this week and is observing a Daughter’s Day on Thursday. Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi told the BBC that the Daughters’ Day and the Daughters’ Week were aimed at reducing female foeticide, improving India’s skewed sex ratio and educating girls. “We are asking people to celebrate the young women and girls in their lives,” […]

For many of us who are following Olympics, Abhinav Bindra’s loss by a margin of 0.5 in the playoff of the shootout event was agonisingly painful but perhaps what was even more was Social commentator Shobha De’s tweet, “Goal of Team India at the Olympics: Rio jao. Selfies lo. Khaali haat wapas aao. What a waste of money and opportunity.” Not only were these comments in bad taste but were […]

They are fighting hunger and so should you. Food is a very basic necessity for human beings, and in today’s age with scores of fast food franchises and food delivery apps at out disposal, people won’t hesitate in ordering excess food, even as wastage remains a major cause for concern globally. But while ordering more than sufficient meals and often even complaining about food, no one really pays attention to […]

Suddenly when I am thinking about Rio Olympics and the largest ever Indian contingent, one lasting image that comes to my mind is Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela In Invictus motivating the Rugby team. Almost like the film, I feel this Olympic contingent to Rio and their performance could go a long way as an important milestone as was the South African Rugby team’s performance for Mandela’s first term. Yes […]

As I sit to write this article, I am reminded of an old joke that my cousins would often crack at my expense when I moved to Mumbai. Almost every monsoon they would tease me asking if my water boat’s ready, afterall I must be prepared to float, Mumbai is flooded every Monsoon. Whether you like it or not, isn’t rather intriguing that how every monsoon, there are select pockets […]

Hawkings warning the human race is in the midst of “perilous times”. Stephen Hawking, in an essay for The Guardian, outlined how the Brexit referendum was influenced by attitudes towards wealth and the way our society prioritises money and the accumulation of possessions. “We need to understand why British people made the choice that they did. I believe that wealth, the way we understand it and the way we share […]

For two years and more, it has been a lost ship, a metal container carrying 239 souls that simply disappeared one late Asian night never to be seen again. And now, the search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 likely will become a thing of memory, too. With Friday’s announcement that the meticulous ocean search for the missing jetliner will be suspended – in effect, called off – […]

How many times have you witnessed a situation that needed your intervention but you meekly walked away? Say for instance, an injured man on the road after an accident, a lost child in the streets or a neighbour being abused by her husband? While most of us are likely to have been in one of these situations for certain, only some of us would have actually gone ahead and helped […]

Social worker who alerted police claims to be aware of illegal organ sale but was waiting for concrete proof The Powai Police claim to have busted a kidney trading racket at Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital with the arrest of four persons, including an agent, a patient and his son, and an alleged donor who impersonated as the patient’s wife and alleged to be the mastermind, on July 14. On the […]