By Sukant Deepak    New Delhi, December 7 (IANS) She says that neither Partition nor the events of 1971 are static. That they continue to live in diverse manifestations, informing the collective

IANS Photo   By Vishnu Makhijani    New Delhi, December 7 (IANS) Author and social activist Damyanti Biswas, whose novel "You Beneath Your Skin" explores the dark underbelly of t

A closer view of one of the indigenous leaders from Brazil holding a demonstration outside the Brazilian embassy in London, Britain, 14 November 2019. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA   Madrid, December

Mumbai, December 5 (IANS) Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi will perform stand-up comedy for the first time in his life at "Comics For Change", a mega comedy event that brings together notable comics and e

By Anindya Banerjee    New Delhi, December 4 (IANS) Less than 12 hours before the Union cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met to pass the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill that le

Indian children born with congenital disabilities, believed to be caused by the exposure of their parents to gas leakage during the Union Carbide gas leak disaster, along with their relatives and supporters, ta

By Sukant Deepak    New Delhi, December 3 (IANS) A busy new-age coffee shop in Khan market can be an interesting location to have a conversation about R&AW, Mossad and CIA. From strategic si

A bar tender prepares drinks inside the Patpong Museum's bar in Bangkok, Thailand, 07 November 2019 (issued 03 December 2019). EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL   Bangkok, Nov 3 (efe-epa).- The notorious red li

New Delhi, December 2 (IANS) While author Jerry Pintos book "Murder in Mahim" has been acquired by Viacom for a film adaptation, he makes it clear that not only does he know anything else; he doesnt really

BY D.C. PATHAK  IANS | December 1   Uddhav Thackeray's roller coaster ride to chief ministership of Maharashtra reaffirms the supremacy of the democratic principle in electoral politics that a

A view of the bay of Tunis from the top of the village of Sidi Bou Said near Tunis, Tunisia, 31 July 2019. EPA-EFE/AMEL PAIN     Tunis, November 30 (efe-epa).- The climate crisis will destroy m

Stanley Ngara asks his assistant for more condoms as he walks into a bar to distribute them in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, 28 November 2019. EFE/EPA/DAI KUROKAWA   Nairobi, November 30 (efe-epa).- Sta

Illustrator Zeina Abirached holding her graphic novel Take Refuge. EFE/ Paula Bayarte     Paris, November 30 (efe-epa).- Two love stories separated by time and distance - one set in Afghanistan

Mumbai, November 29 (IANS) Over five decades after the Thackeray family lorded over the state from the famed ''Matoshri'' in a shaded lane in Bandra east, the Shiv Sena''s new Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray wi

New Delhi, November 29 (IANS) Read about a case in which a top ISRO scientist, S. Nambi Narayanan was charged with spying but was eventually exonerated and awarded Rs 50 lakh for being "unnecessarily arrested a

 Steam billows from cooling towers of a power plant operating for the city's power and heating in Beijing, China, 25 November 2015. EFE/EPA/WU HONG   Beijing, November 29 (efe-epa).- China heads

Dharamsala, November 28 (IANS) Senior Tibetan religious leaders have adopted a resolution urging the Dalai Lama to reincarnate according to Tibetan traditions and declared that Tibetans will never accept a spir

New Delhi, November 26 (IANS) She says sometimes happiness can be a radical undertaking as well as an act of defiance. Yes, she does feel that she will forever be shaped by the violence that has surrounded h

New Delhi, November 26 (IANS) After the high-voltage revolt by his nephew Ajit Pawar, the NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar has once again proved he is the old warhorse and a strong Maratha man. Within three days of the

IANS Photo   By Vishnu Makhijani  New Delhi, November 25 (IANS) The abiding image of Hemant Karkare is of the Maharashtra ATF chief donning a flak jacket moments after the 26/11 Mumbai t