If Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul were to visit us today, he would certainly observe that wife-beating, which he described as a national pastime after football, has degenerated into
Will legality and the wider interest of the country be allowed to be torpedoed by illegality and lobbies that thrive on it? Or will government show the same
Six global powers (Britain, China, France, Russia, the US and Germany) signed up a deal with Iran on November 24th. In exchange for phased-out relief from economic sanctions
Barring a few exceptions, in most post-colonial societies one common point people used to share, and unfortunately, still share is the feeling of shame and betrayal about the
This system has probably existed since time immemorial. In October last year, in London, I read in the Evening Standard about a young Indian woman who committed suicide,
In 1854 the Great Chief in Washington, President Franklin Pierce, made an offer for a large area to Indians and promised a “reservation” for the Indian people. The
Last Friday 22 November 2013 was the 50th death anniversary of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America who was killed on 22 November
All of us are spellbound by the news of all these geniuses and their extraordinary feats – whether in mathematics, in arts, music – and those queer performances