Evidence at Mohenjo-Daro When excavations of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro reached the street level, they discovered skeletons scattered about the cities, many holding hands and sprawling in the streets as if some instant, horrible doom had taken place. People were just lying, unburied, in the… Continue Reading →
Letter from Pakistan – I want to return home Vile Parle man who went missing in ’05 found in Lahore jail After his father passed away, Bhavesh left home for Amritsar, hopped on to Samjhauta Express and crossed into Pakistan… Continue Reading →
India‘s obsession with a “strong centre” has led to the alienation of its provinces, and to the emergence of a “cancerous” class that feeds off the center’s riches. Garga Chatterjee takes a hard look at the origins and subsequent development… Continue Reading →
This song for cricket is sung by Sambhaji Bhagat, the Dalit Lokshahir (people’s poet), a teacher by profession and bard at heart. Sambhaji has received no formal training in singing but has a lilting voice that can mesmerise listeners for hours…. Continue Reading →
Reuters | Apr 17,2012 OSLO (Reuters) – The court putting Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik on trial for massacring 77 people last year dismissed a lay judge on Tuesday after he posted a comment on a Facebook page saying the… Continue Reading →
BY JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG AND NELSON D. SCHWARTZ, NY Times, April 17.2012 In a stinging rebuke, Citigroupshareholders rebuffed on Tuesday the bank’s $15 million pay package for its chief executive, Vikram S. Pandit, marking the first time that stock owners have united in opposition to outsized… Continue Reading →
April 15 , 2012, MUMBAI Paromita Vohra,Mid-Day As kids we often made fun of our father because he could not read Hindi. He’d grown up in Lahore and moved to Delhi during Partition, when he was twelve. Like many such… Continue Reading →
New Delhi. First Post –Normal Baba, an aspiring godman who claims to help people with his invisible “Third Arm”, has successfully received 15 crore rupees of investment from Banyan Capital, a venture capital firm funding promising godmen, tantriks, black-magicians etc. Normal… Continue Reading →
Backgrounder: The Government took decisions on the recommendations of the Sachar Committee (Prime Minister’s High Level Committee on Social, Economic and Educational status of the Muslim Community of India) pertaining to various Ministries/Departments. The status of implementation of the decisions… Continue Reading →
By Robert Nolly The diversity of religions, each claiming to represent the Ultimate Truth, never ceases to amaze me. But, I have to say, this diversity also confuses me—often, to the point of terrific distress. Surely, if there is one… Continue Reading →
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