One Year Since The SDGs, How Committed Is The Indian Parliament?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are proof that the conversation on the intersectionality between economic, social and environmental change has finally come of age and is now hard to ignore....
View ArticleAre Terrorists Getting Better Or Do We Just Suck At Dealing With Them?
In the late 1980s, when Khalistanis unsuccessfully tried to bring their war out of Punjab and into Bombay and were thwarted by A. A. Khan, the Bombay Police's gutsy Anti-Terrorism Squad chief, it drove...
View ArticleThe Complexities Of Moving To A Simpler Life
I don't know why I thought moving to a village in the hills of Uttarakhand would be easy. Maybe because I don't like people all that much. Maybe because I prefer resourcefulness to consumerism. Maybe...
View ArticleDraft Water Bill 2016 Is The Same Old Stuff In A New Bottle
Water is a natural resource to be nurtured and managed, not just an input for life, agriculture or industry. It has life-giving and life-taking qualities; intelligent management can hone one and blunt...
View Article5 Reasons Why Indian Students Get Deported
Recently, news broke that the UK government had shut down 32 fake universities and was investigating 30 more. Earlier, in June, Western Kentucky University (WKU), a genuine university in the US, forced...
View Article'Kashmiriyat, Jamhooriyat, Insaniyat': Making A Strategy Out Of A Slogan
Kashmir can be turned into India's crowning achievement, worthy of a great people. But it will take some fresh thinking. After 70 years of failed policies, three wars with Pakistan, and more than...
View ArticleREPORT: Bengaluru Woman Allegedly Kissing Another Woman In Car Hits A Cab And...
A case of rash and negligent driving was registered against a 30-year-old woman in Bengaluru whose car hit a cab and a scooter on Saturday night, The Times of India reported. The woman, who is employed...
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Move Over Piglet, There's A New 'Winnie-The-Pooh' Character In Town
The Hundred Acre Wood is famously home to at least one bear, tiger, pig, donkey, kangaroo, rabbit and owl. Come Oct. 6, it will also count a penguin among its residents. Just in time for the 90th...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Baloch Leader To Apply For Political Asylum In India;...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Prime...
View ArticleSection 144 Imposed In Mandya Ahead Of SC's Order On Cauvery Dispute
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court today will hear the plea on directions to both Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to take preventive measures, in the matter of the Cauvery water dispute. Meanwhile, Section 144...
View ArticleGoogle To Launch Two Smartphones Under New Branding On 5 October
Google has announced that it will launch new smartphones on 5 October. With this launch, the company is, in all likelihood, saying goodbye to its Nexus line of smartphones. As already rumored, the two...
View Article'Pink': A Powerful Feminist Message Delivered In A Booming Baritone
Directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Pink is a story of three modern, independent women -- Minal Arora (Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (Kirti Kulhari) and Andrea (Andrea Tariang) -- who share an apartment...
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Families Of Fallen Uri Soldiers United In Grief, Disbelief And Anger
Lance Naik RK Yadav's wife is pregnant and has not been told of his death. He had asked his mother recently to talk as much she wanted, because he might be out of touch soon in his new posting in the...
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This Designer Autorickshaw In Delhi Celebrates Women Leaders In India
In the sea of autorickshaws crisscrossing Delhi roads, Gagan Thakur's three-wheeler stands out in many ways. Its interiors are covered with powerful images of women leaders and organisations fighting...
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As Rahul Gandhi Continues To Flounder, The Writing On The Wall Doesn't Bode...
The great mystery in the Arunachal Pradesh saga is not why the Congress legislators switched en masse, but the silence of their leader. Arunachal Pradesh might exist on the fringes of Indian...
View ArticleBengaluru Man Alleges Wife Is Married To Six Others
A 38-year-old woman has been arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly extorting money from men. Worse, they claim she married them and deserted them afterwards. Yasmin Banu, a resident of north Bengaluru's...
View ArticleWoman Finds Rat Head In Popeyes Chicken Meal
A New Jersey woman may be too chicken to eat at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen again after finding what she claims is a rat head in her meal. Rosemary Thomas, of Clifton Park, on Sunday posted an...
View ArticleFIR Lodged Against DCW Chief Swati Maliwal Alleging Irregularities In...
NEW DELHI -- The Anti Corruption Branch has registered an FIR against DCW chief Swati Maliwal in connection with alleged irregularities in recruitment in the women's panel. "A case under sections 13(D)...
View ArticleIndian-American Bar Owner Helped Catch New York Bombing Suspect Ahmad Khan...
NEW YORK -- An Indian-American bar owner in the US is being hailed as a hero for helping capture the 28-year old Afghan- American wanted for the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey. Harinder...
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