Green teen Greta Thurnberg’s small effort to create awareness over climate change is winning her recognition across the world. In the last three days, the sixteen-year-old girl became a part of Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world; met Pope Francis at the Vatican; and charmed EU officials in Strasbourg. González, […]
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The model who smashed the stigma about ovarian cancer
When Canadian model Elly Mayday was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, it wasn’t the end of her modelling career. Far from it. In fact, Mayday used her modelling career as a platform, courageously sharing her experience with cancer as she battled the disease. Mayday passed away on March 1st this year. In remembering her story, we […]
Emilia’s story
It is life beyond the camera, vanity and paparazzi that success stories are made of. Emilia Clarke – star of popular US series Game of Thrones – who has excelled in her role of Daenerys Targaryen, has revealed to The New Yorker how she not only won battles and vanquished kingdoms on the sets of […]
Down’s Syndrome Day: Celebrating lives
When India was immersed in the colours of Holi the world came together to celebrate the World Down Syndrome Day: a day dedicated to creating awareness about a genetic condition which affects 3,000 to 5,000 babies born every year. Down’s syndrome is caused by an error in cell division, resulting in an embryo which has […]
“The builder of modern Goa.” Chief Minister Parrikar loses pancreatic cancer battle
Tributes have poured in from across India for Goa Chief Minister and leading BJP politician Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday aged 63 after battling pancreatic cancer. The Chief Minister is believed to have been battling advanced pancreatic cancer for more than a year, though the Goa state government did not confirm the exact nature […]
The story of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr Dennis Mukwege
“I found myself fighting violence against women An Unnamed violence, a deliberate violence” Dr Denis Mukwege A gynecologist surgeon from Bukavu in Congo, Dr Denis Mukwege, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for leading a heroic fight to save lives of sexual assault victims. Dr Mukwege has devoted his life to healing the wounds of […]