A staggering one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime—a pandemic of global proportions. Unlike an illness,…

The UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) ranks Bangladesh 142 in gender inequality, which is a good indicator of the disparities that exists in our…

Jhorna became a child bride at 14. Now 22, she is a divorced mother of a seven-year-old child. Jhorna is also one of the 11,000 survivors of domestic…

Angie Hiesl, a director, choreographer, performer and installation artist, has been presenting interdisciplinary works since the 1980s. She is one of…

The winter was just beginning in 1988. I saw him while I was waiting for the bus at RK Puram in New Delhi. He must have stepped out of the train just…

Our second day at Yellowstone started on the morning of August 16 at the Firehole Canyon Drive. It’s a two-mile long, one-way side road hugging…

Scientists at Queens University Belfast in Ireland have recently made a major breakthrough by developing the world’s first ‘porous liquid’.…

There was a time when a mobile phone set was just a mobile phone—bulky and expensive enough to burn a hole in your pocket.  The mobile phone…

As we usher in crisper air, foggy mornings, decreased sunlight and cooler nights, Mother Nature has begun her preparation for winter. And while the season…

Vitiligo is a common skin condition that affects 1-2 percent of people. It is more obvious in darker skin due to the contrast in skin tone. Vitiligo appears…

Decorating children’s bedroom can be a challenge, considering that the room will need to change as they grow. To create the perfect room for your…

With winter almost here, it is quite nice to cosy up with family or friends with warm bowls of soup on chilly evenings. Here are a couple of recipes that…

William Butler Yeats, one of the greatest poets in the English language of the 20th century, was a pillar of both Irish and British literary establishments.…

I recently travelled to Guntur, a district in India’s Andhra Pradesh state, to attend an international conference. After the two-day event, I spent…

The bloody stream by Rezauddin Stalin Blood is oozing over the sword On to the ground Seeping through the cheek to the feet From heart to the stars This bloody stream appears red and black seems numb and cruel Flowing through Padma, Meghna and Brahmaputra rivers The bloody stream poured into the Bay…