Visa? $20 Lets You Enter Bangladesh
Crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border has never been so hassle free for those without a passport or a visa.
WikiLeaks to Release More Documents
WikiLeaks planned to release over one million new secret documents that would affect every country in the world.
An Expressway Mirrors India’s Problems and Promise
The rush-hour commute can look like a gladiatorial contest in the stretch between New Delhi and Gurgaon, a booming suburb.
Cooking With the Chili That Blows Your Mind
If you love spicy food, then you just have to introduce your taste buds – at the fear of incineration – to the “raja mircha”.
The Fading Glory of Bihar’s Sonepur Cattle Mela
Traders say that the cattle fair has lost its rustic charm and that animal trading has been pushed to the background.
Indian Jews from Lost Tribe Move to Israel
A group of 50 Jews said to descend from one of the 10 Lost Tribes prepared Thursday to immigrate to Israel from their village in northeastern India.
Surgeons Make Thousands of Errors
They are known as "never events"—the kind of mistake that should never happen in medicine, like operating on the wrong patient or sewing someone up with a sponge still inside—yet new research suggests that they happen with alarming frequency.
Possible Habitable Zone Planet is a Mere 12 Light Years Away
Data from Tau Ceti is very tentative, but hints at a planet.
Doomsday Date
It is a reference to a popular belief that the Maya predicted the end of the world on 21 December 2012.
Country of Strangers
Fake information, a lack of meeting places and the spread of technology are isolating and driving Indians further away from each other than ever.
Welcome to Rocket Town. Here Raining Rockets is a Way of Life
When a rocket is launched, a siren sounds to give residents 15 seconds to take shelter
Jamaica: The Latest Location for Indian Weddings
Not too far from America's southeast coast, Jamaica is a most sought after wedding destination during the dreary winter months.
Poor Indian Boys Fish for Coins to Help Family
10-year-old Rohit Kumar has sat from dawn to dusk on the banks of the Gandak river in the eastern Indian state of Bihar with a magnetic fishing line trying to fish out coins from the water.
Rape Suspects Captured in Record Time
The particularly brutal nature of the crime has shaken up India.
Hinduism World's Third Largest Religion
Hinduism is the third largest religion of the world after Christianity and Islam and 97 per cent of all Hindus live in three Hindu-majority countries.
Google’s Gmail Outage Is a Sign of Things to Come
It didn’t stop some people from questioning why Google would roll out a software update during peak e-mail hours on the West Coast.
Lights Camera Obscura
The trading of charges between Zee News and the Jindal group is a tangle in which the truth is lost
Indian-born Doctor Kills Himself
An Indian-born doctor killed himself with a lethal mix of hospital drugs after he was forced to separate from his white fiancée because his parents disapproved of their relation.
New Delhi Tightens Visa Rules for Maldivians
India has tightened visa rules for Maldivian nationals in what appears to be a tit-for-tat for Male’s highly restrictive visa regime for Indians and the alleged ill-treatment of Indian workers there.
Shaitaan McAloo is Indeed a Foreign Agent
As our leader of the opposition suspects, the mousy potato is the ultimate Mata Hari, infiltrating our palates with stealth and ease, armed with its two mighty assets: seduction and assimilation.
NRI Dreams and Parental Nightmares
Overseas Indian oftentimes leave behind aging parents, many of who suffer the pangs of loneliness and abandonment.
The Culture Shock of India's Call Centers
The culture shock, job stress, and cash burn out some, but a few can hurdle further up the white-collar ladder, helped by the language and soft skills that 10 hours a day of problem-solving will give you.
Genomic Study Traces Roma to Northern India
The Roma people of Europe, often called Gypsies, are long thought to have originated in India because of similarities between Roma and Indian languages.
For 200 Million Indians, a Life Steeped in Discrimination
Caste discrimination seeps through social symbols, practices and traditions, dooming Dalits to a lifetime of inequity and a position on the lowest rung of Indian society.
EU Parl Passes Resolution Against India Caste Discrimination
The European Parliament in Strasbourg passed a strongly worded resolution recently against caste discrimination in India, noting that inhuman practices like manual scavenging continue, despite laws banning the practice.
Jacintha Saldanha Blames RJs, Hospital Staff in Suicide Notes
Indian-origin nurse, Jacintha Saldanha, who was found dead after a hoax call to a UK hospital treating Prince William’s pregnant wife Kate, has reportedly left a note blaming the two Australian DJs behind the prank for her tragic death.
Bihar Mukhiyas Leave Pajeros for Real Horse Power
Forget about Pajeros or even the humbler Bolero vehicles, village heads in rural Bihar are doling out hundreds of thousands of rupees to acquire steeds as prized symbols of status in a society still mired in feudalism.
What India can Learn From the US School Shootings
How America deals with the Newtown school shooting tragedy offers India lessons on responding with a human face to those in trauma.
H-1B Visas: India to Discuss Fee Increase Issue With US
Obama-I was not much of a help, but India thinks the re-elected US president is more likely to address its long-pending grievance of increased professional visa fees
How Can India Stop People Urinating in Public?
Spend any time in India, and you will see men urinating in public. In the state of Rajasthan last month volunteers began shaming offenders by drumming and blowing whistles. But some argue the country also needs more, and better, public toilets.
Domestic Violence is a No-no; Marital Rape is A-ok
Under the guise of protecting conjugal rights — which ought to be grounds for divorce not rape — we have left intact the notion that a man essentially owns his wife. A wife he can no longer beat or threaten, but can still rape — with full legal impunity.
Norway Child Row: Why the Parents Did Not Deserve Jail
Anupama and Chandrasekhar do not seem like parents given to child-battering. The fact is they needed help as much as the child does.
An Exultation of Lentils
It had been a while since I had considered just how indulgent vast quantities of butter can make a humble plate of lentils, but the great practitioners of North India’s Mughlai cuisine never forgot.
IOA Suspension: How Dirty Politicking Shamed India
Sports became the unfortunate loser in this battle for power, the fight to control the country's top sports body, the Indian Olympic Association.
Govt Relaxes Tourist Visa Rules
In a boost to the tourism industry, India has relaxed its tourist visa rules by lifting restrictions imposed on foreign visitors to have a two-month cooling off period between subsequent visits.
Twenty Years After Riots, Fresh Fault Lines Visible in Ayodhya
Several fringe groups are searching for a political foothold, and there is a gradual polarization under way in Ayodhya
Trafficked Maids to Order: The Darker Side of Richer India
Abuse of migrant maids from Africa and Asia in the Middle East and parts of Southeast Asia is commonly reported. But the story of Kerketa is the story of many maids and nannies in India, where a surging demand for domestic help is fuelling a business that, in large part, thrives on human trafficking by unregulated placement agencies.
Latest in Media Hypocrisy: Shock at Zee-Jindal Drama
The Jindal-Zee sting operation has triggered a familiar ‘holier than them’ routine among the media. But the practice of ignoring, downplaying and outright manipulation of news is far too commonplace.
Norway Court Jails Indian Parents in Child Abuse Case
A court in Norway has convicted an Indian couple for abusing their seven-year-old son.
International Olympic Committee Suspends India
The IOC suspended India's national Olympic committee on Tuesday because of government interference in its election process, two officials with knowledge of the decision said.
Parsi Money, Not Bodies, Key to Vulture Survival
Parsis may become an important contributor to a vulture revival. But for Dr. Rahmani, it is Parsi money and not their bodies that is most important to that revival.
Indian Couple Arrested in Oslo Charged With Gross Maltreatment of Their Children
A court in Norway will decide today whether an Indian couple arrested in that country for the alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son are guilty or not.
Indians Not Satisfied With Life, But Peaceful Than Chinese'
Even though living with inadequate social welfare for the elderly and soaring house prices, and not necessarily satisfied with their lives, Indians have a "more peaceful and satisfied state of mind" than the anxious Chinese
Drink Dependence up in Urban Indian Women
In an increasing trend of urban women taking to alcohol to cope with everyday stresses as societal norms ease, a 28-year-old woman working as a senior executive in a property broking firm in Mumbai also developed suicidal tendencies.
Manuscript of 212-year-old Dictionary of Indian Languages Found
The manuscript of a 212-year-old dictionary written by a British polymath employed by the East India Company in the late 18th century has been traced in the British Library, shedding new light on the history of words in Indian languages.
Among the Bespoke Tailors in Stitched-together Mumbai
Though ready-to-wear and designer clothing have become increasingly popular in India in the past 15 to 20 years, bespoke tailors like Shaikh are still scattered all over town, in large showrooms, modest workshops and tiny open stalls in narrow lanes and bazaars.
New York Dals
I realized this when I first visited northern India about 10 years ago and — even in a Sikh langar, a canteen where food is free for all — ate dal that was infinitely tastier than my own.
I Was Right about Higgs Boson Particle All Along
The physicists who theorised the existence of a basic subatomic particle half a century ago are confident recent data is proving they were right all along.
Why Jesus Wept in Mumbai: The Church Versus the Rationalist
Sanal Edamaruku, the president of the Indian Rationalist Association, is in exile in Finland after he tried to debunk the “miracle” of a weeping image in a church in Mumbai. But there’s more to this story than that.
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