I spent the last two weeks of November 2007, traveling around Turkey. I was part of a tour group from the United States. Apart from affording me an opportunity to learn a lot more about Turkey, the tour helped me reaffirm that a country can be Islamic without being Islamist and that Islam and democracy ca...
Impressed by what India has done for its large diaspora, influential Sri Lankan Tamils have come together in Britain to seek from Colombo a "Ministry of Overseas Sri Lankans"....
Thirty-one years after he was killed in 'Operation Blue Star' in Amritsar, Punjab, separatist militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is still regarded as a martyr and 'sant' by Sikhs living in Jammu. ...
For Ramesh Nayak, 26, living got tougher after Maggi noodles were banned in Delhi. His cart in south Delhi selling Maggi noodles was his only earning until a week ago, when the local distributors stopped supplying him Maggi...
“The book as we know is not dead yet. As reading habits have changed, it is appearing on myriad digital platforms like blogs,†says novelist Jaishree Misra. “Hence the future is riddled with post modern angst. The new writers should brace themselves to take on new ...
Maggi two-minute noodles is only the latest food item to be found violative of food-safety standards in India. Consider this: 64 percent of loose edible oils sold in Mumbai is adulterated, according to a study conducted last year by the Consumer Guidance Society of India....
Maggi two-minute noodles is only the latest food item to be found violative of food-safety standards in India. Consider this: 64 percent of loose edible oils sold in Mumbai is adulterated, according to a study conducted last year by the Consumer Guidance Society of India. ...
Persecution here, persecution there, persecution of Christians everywhere! How to wipe it out from the face of the earth? How to make it a thing of zero tolerance? How to make it impossible to happen? Yes, that is what is meant precisely. It’s easy, very very easy and simple. Just follow Jesus, better, be Jesus-like, stop being or becoming Christian. If...
On the other side of the political spectrum, Arun Jaitley, the Finance Minister claimed that “Modi restored the dignity of the Prime Minister which had disappeared during the previous regime and he has convinced the countryman that authority of the Prime Minister is supreme in every decision-makingâ€....
The international community should work on helping the two countries find an accord, for the consequences of neglecting this issue could be costly. With the likelihood that Pakistan will continue to foment division and enmity among Kashmiris, another Indo-Pakistani outbreak could be triggered at any time. Washington...
