Heena Modi

What do you want for YOUR children.
Let us look at the amazing technology that’s been introduced in the last decade. That which has grown and its usage increased so much that the effects on our culture are vast!
British Telecom predicted that people would start working from home with the aid of fax machines, laptops, access [...]

Can you manage one of these?

Did ancient African knowledge influence Hippocrates and the evolution of medicine?
Discover how ancient African knowledge is part of modern science, medicine and technology in this celebration of Black History Month.
This event will be held at the Dana Centre. Click here for more info.

Suraj forwarded this article to me and the first thing I thought was “tell me something I don’t know!” Why? I didn’t think it was a big deal until I saw the magic that male teachers seem to have with primary school aged children.
Perhaps it’s because there are less positive male role models.
Perhaps it’s because [...]

12 Reasons for being vegetarian
While their numbers are rapidly growing, vegetarians are still a minority, and it is not unusual to be confronted with a meat-eater who not only protects his own right to eat flesh, but argues aggressively that vegetarians should join him in his carnivorous diet. Carnivores may regard non meat-eaters as [...]

Over the years there has been a lot of research carried out, statistics have been constructed, debates have been held and policies have been changed or formed, all addressing sex and what can and does happen after people engage in it, be it carelessly or carefully. It has been brought further forward in the political [...]

Please keep reading and if possible don’t hold back talking about such things with your children or your children’s partners/wives. It is so important and often wrongly, associated with sexually transmitted infections.
We only need cervical screening if we’re promiscuous or being impure right?
This is NOT the case. For the sake of your children’s physical and [...]

This article was given to me by Ila Shah. It explains why so many Jains visit Palitana, how hard it is to reach the temples there and the cruelty that the donkeys suffer in the process.
This is quite ironic because Jainism focusses a lot on non violence and compassion so I am surprised that I [...]

This is one of those Hindi films I’d like for my collection. An amazing film. Not too long. Not shallow. I’d be proud to pay for it, rather than download it, and contribute towards rewarding those who made it.
So what’s it about?
An unending darkness… A world of shadows… A ray of light that found [...]

Taare Zameen Par is a Hindi film. It was directed and produced by Aamir Khan. So what I hear you ask? Well, I would probably have said the same. I don’t watch many Hindi films unless they are ‘different’ i.e. not the typical love story focusing on heartbreak, issues with in laws etc.
This film is [...]