By Ajitha Menon “Enjoy..! It’s just like being raped, yaar! You can shout or you can enjoy. Nothing more than that”… This was what matinee idol Dev alias Deepak Adhikari, Trinamool Congress candidate from Ghatal constituency in West Bengal, had… Continue Reading →
What makes Gujaratis so successful? Aakar Patel Zaveri Bazaar, Mumbai, is the mainstay of Gujarati jewellers. Photo: Saurabh Das/AP What makes Gujaratis so successful? If we look at the Forbes list of billionaires in India, about half are originally of Gujarati and… Continue Reading →
40 MONTHS AFTER HIS ARREST OF NAXALITE CONNECTIONS, SUDHIR DHAWALE ACQUITTED. THE COURT SAID THAT LITERATURE SEIZED FROM DHAWALE’S RESIDENCE WAS ‘AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET’ May 16 2014 : Mirror (Mumbai) Abhijit Sathe and Jyoti Punwani The court found the police investigation was not done properly,… Continue Reading →
Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave and eats a bread it does not harvest. Pity the nation that acclaims the bully as hero,… Continue Reading →
Judge gives embryos to woman over objection from ex-boyfriend May 16, 2014|By Angie Leventis Lourgos | Tribune reporter Portrait of Jacob Szafranski at his home in Elgin on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2013. Szafranski is in a legal dispute about the use of… Continue Reading →
By Shoba Narayan May 17, 2014 Shoba Narayan is a writer in Bangalore. She is the author of “Return to India” and “Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes.” There is a group of Indians—quite a large slice of them in… Continue Reading →
The sheer aggression of the BJP campaign, the threats to the Election Commission – Modi made sure India felt his presence Jayati Ghosh theguardian.com, Friday 16 May 2014 05.20 EDT ‘Voters got used to the idea [of Narendra Modi… Continue Reading →
Mirchpur Redux Another village in Haryana’s Hisar district witnesses an exodus of Dalit families following the gangrape of four girls, including minors. Ushinor Majumdar reports USHINOR MAJUMDAR 2014-05-17 , Issue 20 Volume 11 Same old tale Nearly… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty Date:May 14, 2014 Approval given despite experts projecting environmental damage and commercial losses from Adani and GVK mines in Australia, meant to cater to India’s power needs Coal development in the Bowen Basin just east of the Galilee… Continue Reading →
AVILASH RAUL The HinduLOOKING AHEAD: The Polavaram project shows that Odisha should revisit all inter-State river water sharing agreements, which will pave the way for settlement of water disputes and for comprehensive development of the water sector in the State…. Continue Reading →
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