150 years of humanitarian action: peace in war

In 1863 Swiss entrepreneur Jean Henry Dunant mobilised statesmen, doctors and philanthropists to form the International Committee of the Red …

Monsoon of death

Every monsoon, Baba Raghav Das Medical College of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, witnesses hundreds of children dying of viral encephalitis or Acute …

Slick click

Five famous brands of the photographic industry are throwing their combined weight behind a new innovation. The camera they have developed will …

Earth’s biopic

Film>> Home • Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrandls • Produced by Denis Carot and Luc Besson

The tribe that disappeared

For over five decades, the Durua tribe in Orissa was not recognised because of a mistake in the Centre's list of scheduled tribes made in 1951...

‘We rule out films by corporates’

Lucia Rikaki’s inspirations range from ancient civilisations to films to communities fostered by the Internet. An acclaimed documentary …

Copycat recorders

That time is not very far off when children will ask: when are we buying a CD recorder, Papa?

Celebrating Documentaries

Online>> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com

Jeevika 2003: About common people

What do people do when their livelihoods are threatened? How do they deal with a world that pushes them to the margins? Such issues were raised …

Click the sick

Visual documentation of illnesses is integral to healthcare in the West but a rarity in India. Sayantan Bera charts the hows and whys of medical …

BBC does a Columbus

The corporation’s Earth News went to town with its discovery of lost tigers that were never lost

Celebration of life

In a first, a Bollywood commercial flick delves into a differently abled person's sexuality

Night under a winter sky

As night falls in Delhi and mercury dips, Meeta Ahlawat ventures out with her camera to make a warm conversation with the homeless in the city. …

Hackers—good and bad

Documentary>> We are a legion • directed by Brian Knappenberger

Have lead, will damage

The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.

One dollar, one language, one world

Ram Chandra Biswas rode 627,500 km on a humble bicycle and witnessed the world change, warmth giving way to suspicion. Sayantan Bera catches up …

Two worlds that never meet

Video Essay>> Dont cut my head off • by Somnath Batabyal, Matti Pohjonen, Kazimuddin Ahmed and Pradip Saha • produced in …

Book: Sunderbans-The mystic mangroves

Book>> Sunderbans-The Mystic Mangroves by Biswajit Roy Chowdhury and Pradeep Vyas Published by Niyogi Books

The Dalit experts

Multimedia Publication >> Affirming Life and Diversity Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India 60 pages (book/report) + …

It's a hot shot

A pocket-sized camera with a transmitter is finding a lot of uses in police investigation

Human nature

EXHIBITION>>Report>>

Candid camera

150-year old sound

Kite flies in icy winds

GADGET>> CONSERVATION • Antarctica/Australia

A SONG AND SOME PHOTOGRAPHS