13 Unpopular SRK Quotes That Prove He's The King Of Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan a.k.a. SRK a.k.a. King Khan turns 51 today. Khan who began his acting career in the television serial Fauji in 1988 and entered the film industry with Deewana (1992), has given us...
View ArticleDelhi's Choking In The Smog, But Thankfully, It's Bright And Funny On Twitter
In 'Gridlock', the third episode of the third series of the very popular science fiction show Doctor Who, the Doctor and his companion Martha go to New New York, that is far, far away in the future....
View ArticleFour Paranormal Investigators Recount The Scariest Stories Of Hauntings In India
Are you the kind of person who will not even Google 'ghost' if you are home alone? Or the one to get your intestines in knots if you hear the kitchen tap dripping in the middle of the night? Or the...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel v Apple iPhone 7: The Camera Shootout
Ever since the announcement of iPhone 4, the smartphone camera award has gone to the folks at Apple practically every year. But Apple has stiff competition this year. Samsung has unveiled a gem of a...
View ArticleEx-Armyman Ram Kishan Grewal Who Committed Suicide Was OROP Recipient, Says...
NEW DELHI-- Ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, who allegedly committed suicide over OROP, was one of the recipients of benefits under the revised pension scheme, Defence Ministry sources said today as...
View ArticleAfter Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal Detained For Trying To Meet...
NEW DELHI-- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was today detained by police hours after his deputy Manish Sisodia was taken into custody for trying to meet family members of an ex-serviceman who...
View ArticleThe Most Widely Cited Statistic On Triple Talaq Is Totally Inaccurate
In the debate over reforming personal law, one data point about Muslim women has been widely cited by every mainstream new organisation (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Unfortunately, it is bad data. The Mumbai-based...
View ArticlePakistan Recalls Six Diplomats, India May Pull Out Eight After 'Spy Scandal'
NEW DELHI-- Pakistan on Wednesday pulled out six of its officials in the wake of a spy scandal involving staffers of its High Commission here even as India was mulling withdrawal of eight of its...
View ArticleThis Petition Asking For Ban On Firecrackers In Delhi Is Going Viral
With the growing campaigns against firecrackers, this year, the sale went down by 20 percent. But that is not enough to prevent Delhi's air from turning into a deadly thundercloud-grey. So, now a...
View ArticleEnraged White Guy Tells Man 'Go Back To India' In Canadian Parking Lot
Police officers in Abbotsford, British Columbia are investigating a white man who was caught on camera delivering a racist, profanity-laden tirade after being issued a parking ticket last week. Ravi...
View ArticleI'm An Indian Woman Who Knows How To Be Alone, And I Wonder If That Is A Problem
Recently, I read a wonderful article about how Indian women aren't taught how to be alone, and why that's a problem. It was a good read, and worth a share, for sure, but to be honest, I didn't relate...
View ArticleHong Kong Actor Wears 'Brown Face,' Highlights Prejudice Among Asians
A Hong Kong entertainer's controversial "brown face" video has become a pressing reminder that prejudice among Asian folks is still a problem. Derek Wong, an actor from Hong Kong, tried to take...
View ArticleThese Wikileaks Emails Prove Just What A Monster Hillary Clinton Is
It's what everyone in the Trump campaign talks about around the pyres of burning books. When you look closely, Hillary Clinton's leaked emails show just what kind of person she is: a nasty woman who...
View ArticleThree Women Gang-Raped By Robbers In Greater Noida
GREATER NOIDA -- Three women brick-kiln workers were allegedly gang raped by some robbers who looted their houses in Karoli village in Greater Noida, police said. The robbers struck at the houses at...
View ArticleBlast At Pakistani Ship-Breaking Yard Kills 12, Injures 58
ISLAMABAD -- At least 12 Pakistani workers were killed and more than 50 injured on Tuesday after a huge blast ripped through an oil tanker at a ship-breaking yard, trapping others inside the vessel,...
View ArticleWhere Are There So Few Books For The Print-Impaired?
India publishes approximately 90,000 books each year in 24 different languages. We have over 16,000 publishers, and are one of the top nations for English book publishing in the world. Clearly we are a...
View ArticleThe Damaging Depiction Of Disability In Indian Mythology
It is said that one can find every aspect of life covered in Mahabharata, an epic which also contains the holy Bhagavad Gita. Indeed the Mahabharata contains philosophical insights on war, life,...
View ArticleDear Future In-Laws, Please See Me As More Than Your Son's Wife
When I look around at the confused state of couples who are stuck between progressive feminist ideals and the socially conditioned "it's always been like this" comfort zone (this includes the current...
View ArticlePodcast: Fighting The War On Waste With Leftovers
A study conducted by the government of India states that around 20% of what we buy in urban India ends up being thrown away, and an astounding 40% of the food produced in India is wasted. A UN report...
View ArticleWhy India Should Build Smaller Brahmaputra Dams Instead Of Aping China
"Riparian water rights (or simply riparian rights) is a system for allocating water among those who possess land along its path." The Indian government's recent sense of urgency in establishing dams...
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