Underground sect found after nearly a decade in Russia’s Kazan
Seventy members of an Islamist sect who have been living in an underground bunker without heat or sunlight for nearly a decade have been discovered living on the outskirts of the city of Kazan in Russia, local More...
“Savages” star Kitsch hopes third film’s a charm
Report by Zorianna Kit, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – He is the face of Hollywood’s two costliest U.S. box office flops in 2012, so far, “John Carter” and “Battleship,” but actor Taylor More...
S&P to G20: Cut healthcare spending
London (UK) – G20 nations may face downgrade from 2015 onwards if their governments fail to enact reforms towards curbing unsustainable rising healthcare spending and other costs related to ageing populations, More...
Salt of the Earth
Column by M.J. Akbar - The virtues of salt are infinite, both in diet and language. Salt was a symbol of the honour code in the institution that held together empires and colonies, the army. The metaphor for a More...
Swamy and his Harvard Enemies: The Real Story (Part 2)
“Indology is an anachronism with colonial and racist roots that has outlived its purpose. India Studies should outgrow Indology if it hopes to be relevant and not join Indology in the dustbin of history.” NS More...
Thinking ahead
By Chandrabhan Prasad I know a Dalit group that says two things at the same time: First, that most Dalits are landless agricultural labourers, and hence, the State ought to carry out land reforms giving every Dalit More...
Fair play
By Neha Verma Women are racing ahead of men in all the fields now-a-days. Now the efforts are on to put them ahead in politics as well. With 10 per cent women in Ministerial positions in 2009, India is looking forward More...
Aryan-Dravidian divide a myth: Study
The great Indian divide along north-south lines now stands blurred. A path breaking study by Harvard and indigenous researchers on ancestral Indian populations says there is a genetic relationship between all Indians More...
The British Rule in India: Quick Facts
Why did the British come to India? Why did they stay here so long?And why did they leave? Answering these questions is as good as finding the truth of the land’s true legacy. Writes David Gilmour in his book ‘The More...
Family That Was
Among the several beguiling constituents of Indian culture is its age old joint family system. It was a system under which every extended members of the family, like one’s parents, children, their spouses and More...
