Women

Maneka Gandhi upset with Caesarean Deliveries ratio Mrs Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development is seeing red with the Medical fraternity. She wishes the Medical Institutions across the country to display the...

If not Rio, Tokyo! Dipa-The Light that continues to burn with Hope. Dipa (Light in Hindi) Karmakar missed a bronze in her maiden Olympics by a very narrow margin (0.15 points). Coming from a very humble back ground from the...

    Sasikala becomes General Secretary The AIADMK has formally appointed Ms. Sasikala Natarajan as its General Secretary. She replaces Jayalalithaa the former Chief Minister and her erstwhile companion. Stories of intrigues in Tamil Nadu politics rival the ones one has...

Taimur one thinks, Kareena's choice doesn't seem Saif. Broadly, the birth of a baby in the family gladdens one's hearts. It signifies the continuity of the family line. It is a source of joy for...

Haryana, Haan ya na. Haryana State, Yes or No. Sakshi Gavah Hain. Sakshi (name also means Witness) Gavah hain (is testimony). Beti Bachao, Beti Khilao, Beti Padhao.  Save Girls, Nourish Girls, Educate Girls.  Sakshi Malik, the lady...

Then Nirbhaya, Now Asifa, When Deliverance?? It takes an Asifa to remind us that it was only yesterday that the country was aghast at the Nirbhaya rape.  Widespread outrage and some legislative amendments followed. But...

With her might as ally, Raj had struck a huge blow for womens’ sports in India, especially, Cricket. This Leela (divine play) is sure to help parents feel vindicated. How to DoRai-ght by daughters? A Lotte of ‘Character’/ fortitude gets developed among girls otherwise vulnerable in an unequal society. Just as a lot of boys were ‘Sachin-ed’ at birth, maybe girls would be Mithali-ed too, by their respective Leela-s and Dorai-s.

I photo courtesy: change.org Triple Talaaq, 'a travesty of tradition'? Triple Talaaq has stirred deep debates in the corridors of power. The Supreme Court has asked the Government to respond on the a few points of Muslim Personal...

Mother, There is a Saint Teresa Mother Teresa,  who settled down in Kolkotta to promote Christianity in this part of the world has now been canonized. This nun from Albania had in 1979 also been...

South Korea and Tamil Nadu South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld the Parliament's decision (a few weeks earlier) to impeach the President, Park Geun-hye on account of corruption. The more one reads about the events in...