Film on Delhi gang rape to help change mindset
By Sujoy Dhar KOLKATA | Mon Mar 25, 2013 7:19pm IST (Reuters) – A Bengali film-maker inspired by the December protests over the gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee physiotherapist in New Delhi is hoping More...
Jolly LLB: Little justice in this legal tale
Subhash Kapoor’s “Jolly LLB”, about a small-town lawyer who dreams of fame and wealth but develops a conscience along the way, is the film version of the saying “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” From More...
Greeks flock to informal work as recession deepens
Report by Renee Maltezou ATHENS | Fri Dec 21, 2012 9:59am EST (Reuters) – Greek dietician Reggina knew she had little choice when her boss told her she could keep her job at a health center only if she agreed More...
Heraldgate: Facts of the case
Guest column by Subramanian Swamy The daily explosion of scams and their nightly celebration over noisy TV shows have dulled the collective response. No wonder, the biggest of them — the Gandhi family’s illegal More...
Rajiv Gandhi assassination: criminals rewarded?
The Rajiv Gandhi assassination is a story that refuses to disappear. Like the Kennedy assassination and that of Abraham Lincoln a century earlier new theories keep cropping up. Here is a report by Sam Rajappa, More...
The collapse of the Aryan Invasion Theory
There is widespread misconception in India that all Western scholars support the Aryan invasion theory. Actually, it is minority view while the few still interested in ancient India have given up the AIT. Here is More...
Congress Calculus II: Expert Says It Is Criminal Fraud
The National Herald affair involving the Congress party, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi is not just a political scandal but a fraudulent and possibly criminal enterprise, according to the author, one of the country’s More...
Rowling leaves door ajar to return to Potter “world”
(Reuters) – Harry’s still finished, but don’t rule out any return to the Potter world. Author J.K Rowling poses for photos with her certificate after being presented with the Freedom of the City More...
Educated Professionals and Jihadism in South Asia
Column by Stephen Suleyman Schwartz - Tragically, India, proud of its long-lasting democratic institutions and its far-reaching efforts at integration and equality for a population of 1.2 billion, has again been More...
Japan’s atomic disaster due to “collusion:” panel report
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear crisis was a preventable disaster resulting from “collusion” among the government, regulators and the plant operator, an expert panel said on Thursday, wrapping up an More...
