By Mahitha Kasireddi: The first question we usually ask new parents is: “Is it a boy or a girl?” There is a great answer to that one going around: “We don't know; it hasn't told us yet.”' - Kate Bornstein, 1995 Identity is one prerequisite
India has highest number of women dying from cervical cancer. Australia provides a global model for dramatically preventing cervical cancer. More women die of cervical cancer in India than anywhere in the world. India along with China, Brazil, Bangladesh and Nigeria represent over 50% of the
Women farmers in the Gilgit region of Baltistan, Pakistan suffer from a high degree of depression, health problems and lack of self-awareness. Meher Inayat tells us more. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/91307014" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /] You can broadcast your opinions to the world by calling us
By Vishakha Dahiya: With emergence of the latest I.T. “trend” in our country, many brilliant minds have fallen prey to it. I am not saying that employment in I.T. Sector is negative in anyway. Youth is more influenced by what they see on television or
By Achilles Rasquinha: Although born on this fertile earth of ‘ours’, I call it ‘mine’. I hate to share space with my brethren. I kill all those who walk on ‘my’ land, who wish to eat its fruits, quench thirst from its streams, who wish
By Mahitha Kasireddi: What is the caricature you draw in your mind when you read the word 'Kashmir'? Amid the suspended thick fog, you imagine seeing through it a perfect amalgamation of blue and green. In backdrop of snow covered down slopping mountains, a little
By Katherine. Abraham: Right to an opinion is my privilege, accepting it is your choice! The Indian political diaspora has always been highlighted by extremist comments in the election season. Till now, it has been the politicians who dug the dirt, bathed in it and
By Md. Uzair Belgami: The following words are addressed especially to you, those who hope to realize the ‘Great Dream’ of entering a medical college. The following words are also addressed to you, those who are studying or have finished your Medical degrees, and are
By Abhimanyu Kulkarni: She’s not my sister, not my mother; not my girlfriend nor my wife: Should I care ? I have, over the centuries, been labelled as a pig, a dog, someone who doesn't respect the other gender etc. I don’t refute any of these allegations.