Responsible Stars

India has one of the highest female foeticide incidents in the world. The female child population in the age group of 0-6 years declined from 78.83 million in 2001 to 75.84 million in 2011. During the period 1991-2011, the child sex ratio (0-6 years) declined from 945 to 914. According to a study on...

In a tribal district in Madhya Pradesh, toddlers are branded with hot iron rods to treat malnutrition. The tradition has been going on for generations. 42 per cent of Umaria’s land is under forest cover, and over 80 per cent of its population is rural. The district has been under influence of treatments by quacks...

Bureaucrats are generally criticized in mainstream media but these new age bureaucrats are changing the image of the whole class. Every other day you get to know an inspirational story of how they are making way against the odds. We should celebrate these heroes because the celebration is the least they deserve. Chhattisgarh is infamous...

A day dedicated to cricket, fun activities and lots of josh, ‘Panasonic Cricket Dil Se’ continued the cricket mania by giving the children of NGOs an exciting VR cricket experience.      The evening saw Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor interacting and playing with young minds and boosting the spirit of sports in them.  Ranbir Kapoor said, “It has been an...

Kangana Ranaut has always been a vocal and responsible star. The Bollywood diva has established herself as a symbol of resilience against the patriarchy ingrained in the industry. Last year, after the devastating floods that shook Kerala, Kangana had donated to those who had been affected. She had said, "I want to urge to people...

Ahead of Mother's Day, here are some statistics on a particular condition affecting mothers that will blow your mind. Postpartum depression affects nearly 20% of Indian mothers within the first 12 weeks of childbirth, while a milder form of the same, postpartum blues affects 50% to 80% of Indian women. The numbers are no different...

A 29-year-old Ashish Sharma quit his job in August 2017, to start a 17,000 km walk with an aim to rescue all the child beggars and make India child begging free. His determination towards the cause kept him going despite being abducted once, affected by jaundice and getting mugged as he traversed the different...

Sachin has won hearts with his sportsmanship and his charity work. He auctioned the bat he used to score his 100th century and donated the money to charity. The former cricketer put in 51 lakh rupees towards a relief fund to help Uttarakhand in its time of loss when it was ruined by enormous...

A charity the Duchess of Sussex worked with before she got married to Prince Harry has released new video of Meghan in India. Meghan's travels with World Vision to Rwanda in 2016 have been well documented, but the charity today released more images of the duchess on a humanitarian visit to Delhi and Mumbai...

Shree Ghatak Muhuri, a transgender woman, has been cast in director Ram Kamal Mukherjee's film Season's Greetings. Celina Jaitly’s comeback movie will see the real life transgender playing a pivotal role. Shree is a terpsichorean, a theatre artist and also a social activist. Troyee foundation, a non-profit organisation, is run by Shree. The organisation specially...

Parsi actor Jim Sarbh has become synonymous as the conniving Bollywood baddie. His latest stint, however, puts him in bed with the good guys. The Made In Heaven star is presenting a four-part original docu-series ‘Planet Healers’ featuring eight of India’s most promising environment friendly start-ups. Jim said, “I don’t believe in the separation between...

Bollywood actress Sonam K. Ahuja, filmmaker-producer Karan Johar and celebrity Shweta Bachchan Nanda walked for designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla on Sunday for a fashion show by the Cancer Patients Aids Association (CPAA) to raise funds for cancer surviours. "It is an honour and a privilege to be a part of this show....