Speaking about one of the awardees of the night, Deepa Malik, Smriti Irani said: 'When you see Deepa Malik, you see how wheelchairs can get wings.'
Project Concern International/India, that works closely in the field of nutrition, has joined hands with the Outlook Group as Knowledge Partner to bring relevant stories about nutrition to readers.
DAY-NRLM seeks to reach out to rural poor households and organise one woman member from each household into women Self Help Groups and federations at the village level and above.
Addressing a packed house at the OutlookSpeakOut event in Bhubaneswar, Sinha said India has been able to achieve a level of macroeconomic stability that is essential for economic growth.
As per the Global Nutrition Report published recently, India has 46.6 million children who are stunted, followed by Nigeria (13.9 million) and Pakistan (10.7 million).
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi says what has really changed for her over the years is an understanding that some of us are far more privileged than we realise and “we need to look around the world a little more”.
Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani says men need to be equally responsible and involved both at home and bring about change in perceptions on gender rights.
At Outlook SpeakOut, Ekta Kapoor speaks about how she was a couch potato as a child, whiling her time away and only looking to earn ten grands to fill her shopping bags.
At Outlook Speakout 2018, women achievers tell us how they found their voice and their biggest sources of strength.
A former Miss Universe, an actor, a poet and a single mother. Sushmita Sen feels none of these define her.
Dr Renu Khator, President of University of Houston, discussed her journey from a small town in northern India to helming one of the leading research universities in the US.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.