Vinayak Lohani is the founder of Parivaar Education Society in India. He will be visiting Chicago from October 28th to November 2nd. He will be giving a talk on "Creation and Achievement of a vision of social transformat...

In some states, school is yet to start but in Midwest the schools have begun. It’s not easy for the kids and the families to switch from the summer mode to regular school mode. The numerous late nights during the summer,...

About the book : Set amidst the art, music and poetry of Tagore's Santiniketan, “Fall Winter Collection"​ is the journey of an orthodox Indian sculptor, as he secretly works on an ambitious project ​carving Krishna's​Wom...

The idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day — that’s going to be a thing of the past,” said Gov. Jerry Brown. California has been struggling with water problem for many years now. Water and l...

Why Everyone Remembers Differently? “You said that, and not this.” This statement is often met with “I don’t remember this, I remember saying this.” While note keeping and journal entries can help establish the fact chec...

by Psychologist Arthur Aaron and few others goes to prove that love is an action to be done.Love doesn’t happen, it needs to be created.The group devised a set of 36 questions which could be a breakthrough to falling in...

Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. In a study that will appear in the Jan. 30 iss...

Amanda Froelich, writes on ( McDonalds is one of the ( the world, the average distance from any one point (in the US) being about 115 miles away. While the price tag on any menu option or meal is relatively cheap, its fo...

All of us have been there , we want to change our ears , forehead, big butt , flabby arms , thin lips …..probably grow more hair ….the list is endless. With the burgeoning influence of social media and photos being taken...

writes on how the advertising world should change, making women the focus, not just as a sidekick but a very important decision maker. We see too many ads on TV showing women rejoicing over a pair of shoe that she might...

Flunking the pretest has huge benefits A scientific study revealed, that its not the study mode but the test mode that helps students learn better. If a student were to take a pretest before actually studying, when the t...

The use of social media as a parenting tool — a way of reaching teenagers in the medium they actually inhabit, rather than through channels they've learned to tune out — had become a small but growing genre of parent-chi...

Another reason to lose weight Yes, you heard that right. Losing weight not only makes you look beautiful but also smarter. ( published and article how “Too much fat weighs down not just your body, but also your brain.” (...

Saudi women protest against “no driving for women” Some have been fined, warned but the protest is on. The Saudi women are protesting the ban by simply driving and posting videos and pictures of them driving on the Inter...

Facebook friends could change credit score A new trend – lenders would be giving loans not just on your credit score but also on the kind of friends you have on Facebook. Simply put, if you have friends that show irrespo...

Another gang-rape in Mumbai A young journalist has been gang raped in Mumbai. This 23-year-old woman was with a male colleague shooting for an assignment. She works for an English publication in Mumbai. On the pretext of...

Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh addressed the nation on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan to protect the girls and women of the country. He said, "The festival of Raksha Banana is an occasion to strengthen the bonds...

When we hear the term sex-offender- most likely only a male sex offender comes to mind. Male sex-offenders outnumber the female sex-offenders by large numbers-but they do exist … In a ( 36-year-old woman had sex with an...

Lindsay Mill the beautiful ballerina girlfriend of Edward Snowden knows that marriage is no longer on the cards . She wrote on her ( My world has opened and closed all at once. Leaving me lost at sea without a compass. S...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's parliament on Wednesday night as the country become the 13th in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legaliz...

Do you have a friend who eats pizzas and pastas actually change “eats” to hogs and remains thin? You on the other hand is counting calories, tracking every single thing you put in your body on “my fitness Pal” app you go...

Excuse me while I play the cranky feminist for a minute, but I'm disheartened every time I sign into Facebook and see a list of female names I don't recognize. You got married, congratulations! But why, in 2013, does get...

Google looks to cut funds to illegal sites The web search giant, which is embroiled in a long-running row over the way it deals with pirated material, is considering the radical measure so that it can get rid of the root...

When the New York City ( announced that it was changing part of its admissions exam for its ( last year, in part to combat the influence of test preparation companies, one of those companies posted the news with links to...

Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gray said she expects school board members to meet within the next two weeks to determine if disciplinary action is warranted for a teacher who made slurs about first lady Michelle Obama a...

Middle Schools in Tennessee will no longer grade homework or give extra credit . Homework is for understanding the concepts and not for grading . What this means is if a student does not do well in the homework , he will...

Weight loss is not magic and never instant . If it took years and months to put on that extra weight -it will probably take the same time to lose that weight. There is no miracle diet which will make the pounds disappear...

For the first time since he began running for president, Republican Mitt Romney has the support of over 40 percent of America's youth vote, a troubling sign for President Obama who built his 2008 victory with the overwhe...

When Aamir Khan launched Satyamev Jayate on Doordarshan and Star Plus in May 2012, the expectations were enormous — and the early episodes delivered. The show's debut episode on female foeticide, featuring real families...

Subhash K Jha : This show was such a well researched show. I never knew government of India had supported female foeticide once upon a time. It is always hard to make a change especially a change like this because the to...

Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, published in January 2011, detonated a cultural conversation that had been building pressure for years — a direct challenge to Western parenting orthodoxy from a Yale law profe...