Modi was silent when he had to speak and spoke when he needn’t have

The BJP’s troubles began when the prime minister continued in the sloganeering and promise mode of electioneering for too long.

The ...

WATCH OUT FOR MAHA ACTION

What?s interesting on television is the presence of authentic firang actors playing firang roles. Earlier, Tom Alter was invariably cast as the foreign hand in Hindi films;...

Make your handicaps your wings, says Hrithik Roshan

There is a way out of every struggle that one may encounter in life – that’s the message actor Hrithik Roshan has given out after successfully overcoming obstac...

The World May No Longer Know These 4 Deadly Diseases By 2030

In all of human history, we’ve only ever been able to completely wipe out one disease: smallpox. Declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980, smallpo...

Child, Bride, Mother

In Guatemala, the legal age of marriage is 14 with parental consent, but in Petén, in the northern part of the country, the law seems to be more of a suggestion. Und...

Tom Hiddleston's Charity Work Proves He Really Is One Of Hollywood's Most Philanthropic Celebrities

It seems like everyone and their mothers love Tom Hiddleston, and with good reason: The British actor is super good-looking, immensely talented, and, on top of that, he&rsq...

Climate change marchers told to hire private security firm

Campaign Against Climate Change says Britons now have to ?pay to protest? after police refuse to close roads along route The right to stage demonstrations in Britain could ...

The gender of a sound byte

Dear Barkha, This is taking up from where we last left off. The last time we met at a dinner party in Mumbai, you had enquired why I always turned down requests to appear o...

Sam Simon Named As Honorary Director Of PETA

Sam Simon – co-creator of The Simpsons and renowned philanthropist- has been named an honorary director of PETA. Simon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in...