Social activist Aruna Roy on Tuesday called for a public protest against Shiv Sena's demand for revoking Muslims' voting rights, terming it as an "attack" on the constitution that could potentially result in a civil war....
Former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday criticized attempts by various parties, especially of the right, to take the legacy of B.R. Ambedkar saying he would have found 'Ghar Vapsi' "abhorrent to the ethos of India"....
As we came out of the Beijing airport terminal, I noisily inhaled the air, which invited the attention of others in the group. I told them, when they looked at me amusedly, that I was doing in style my first smelling of China. They laughed. I also told them that it was my way of proclaiming to the world that a drea...
From a dark depiction of the "omnipresent stench", the people dwelling in concrete pipes and damning criticism of the city's culture of hero worship to a philanthropic reachout to its marginalized people like ragpickers - Gunter Grass' 40-year-old association with Kolkata had multiple shades....
As the 21st party congress of CPI M is opening on Tuesday In Vizag,Andhrapradesh,once the strong hold of communist movement, a look into the issues that plague the party and its own assessment of the party faultlines ...
A study by leading pollster WIN/Gallup International has found that over 60 percent of the world's population identify themselves as “religiousâ€....
In a homily on Monday urging "frankness" and "courage", Pope Francis appeared to defend comments calling the World War I mass killings of Armenians "genocide" which sparked a diplomatic row with Turkey....
Renowned German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature Gunter Grass passed away on Monday in the city of Lubeck. A story on Grass association with India given below Gunter Grass and Kolkota - a four decade of love-hate tale By Sirshendu Panth ...
Bollywood and other films showing anything to do with the Sikh religion or portraying characters as Sikhs are running into trouble with the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, and other Sikh groups....
Gita Gordon, nominated by Britain's Liberal Democrats as a candidate in next month's parliamentary elections, has been a busy woman lately, attending one meeting after another and canvassing door-to-door, but never feels tired to underline her resolve to stand by the voters and prove they can change things. ...
