Rajinikanth, Sania Mirza And Priyanka Chopra: Meet The Padma Award Winners Of...
The government has announced the list of Padma awardees ahead of Republic Day. The list consists of eminent personalities from all walks of life. Among the awardees are Rajinikanth, classical singer...
View ArticlePablo Bartholomew's Portraits Of These Famous People As Young Actors Are...
You have seen them in several places and in several roles. In the Parliament, as 'Gabbar', as the 'Sanskari babuji', as Miss India. But, you may not have have seen them like this before. Photographer...
View ArticleVote For Me Or Forget Beef: Owaisi Tells Hyderabad
NEW DELHI--Asaduddin Owaisi is no stranger to controversies. The member of parliament from Hyderabad sparked yet another controversy on Monday saying minority communities would have to stop eating beef...
View ArticleSamsung Gear S2: First Impression
Samsung India launched the Gear S2 smartwatch at an event in Gurgaon on 21 January. Manu Sharma, the Director of marketing and IT of Samsung India, announced two version Gear S2 and Gear S2 Classic....
View ArticleFull Text: President Pranab Mukherjee's Address On The Eve Of The Republic Day
NEW DELHI-- On the eve of 67th Republic Day, President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the nation. Here is the full text of his address: My Fellow Citizens: 1. On the eve of the sixty-seventh Republic Day...
View ArticleKhamosh! Shatrughan Sinha Says It's Childish For Bollywood Stars To Speak On...
JAIPUR--Veteran Bollywood actor and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha today said that it is "nadaan" (childish) for some in Bollywood to say that there is intolerance in the country and that he does not agree...
View ArticleDelhi Turns Into Fortress For Republic Day, French President To Be Chief Guest
NEW DELHI -- A multi-layer security blanket has been thrown around the national capital on Republic Day eve with anti-aircraft guns and light machine guns (LMG) positioned at vantage points in view of...
View ArticleClicking Into Place: Photography As An Art Form In India
Serena Chopra-The Ancients: Bhutan Diaries. Photo Courtesy of Travel Photo Jaipur. In India photography has been slow to claim its place as an art form. It was the discerning position of galleries...
View ArticleWhy Iran Is Key For Ending The Middle East Crisis
The Paris attacks by radical Islamists associated with the so-called Islamic State in November 2015, took place in the aftermath of more than a decade of conflict and confrontation since 9/11. Since...
View ArticleWhy Glorify Our Constitution? Our Founding Fathers Certainly Didn't
Far from being elated, the framers of India's Constitution turned sombre when Ambedkar presented his draft. In the six days following his motion to adopt the new Constitution, speaker after speaker...
View ArticleWhy We Need A Read India Campaign To Write A Better Future For India
The recently launched Write India initiative is an excellent platform to encourage aspiring writers. Writing fills a huge need for self-expression amid youth. Writing longer format stories is an...
View ArticleRepublic Day: An Occasion For National Introspection
On the joyous occasion of the 67th Republic Day, it is useful to ask ourselves a basic question. Why is 26 January almost as important a day in our national life as 15 August? This may seem like a...
View ArticleHow The Constitution Saved Us From The Holy Books
While I am not fond of the concept of religion (despite being a "believer"), I don't underrate its importance to society: millions of people owe an intimate sense of purpose and peace to the religions...
View ArticleNegotiating Pitfalls That Could Hobble Indo-Pak Talks
The political decision to resume bilateral talks was a splendid, though surprising, initiative with which to end 2015 -- a year that had seen considerable grief globally, especially through the...
View ArticleGirl Immolates Herself Over Lack Of Toilet At Home
HYDERABAD -- A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide today by setting herself afire as she was unhappy over lack of toilet at her house in Nalgonda district of Telangana. The incident occurred...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Drone Strike On Pak Taliban Chief; President Advocates Need...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Read the...
View ArticleWhat We Learned In 2015 At Zomato
"The rear-view mirror is always clearer than the windshield" - Warren Buffet 2015 was truly our year of learning. We learned while doing things we had been doing for a while, and we learned while...
View ArticleWomen Trying To Enter Temple In Maharashtra Stopped By Police
NEW DELHI -- Packing a punch for freedom on India's 67th Republic Day, hundreds of women tried to enter the inner shrine of a temple in Maharashtra, which has always excluded them. Despite prohibitory...
View ArticleIndia Celebrates 67th Republic Day With Majestic Parade
NEW DELHI -- India's military prowess and multi-hued images of the country's rich cultural diversity and achievements in various fields were on display at the majestic Rajpath on Tuesday during 67th...
View Article11-Year-Old Drummer Raghav Mehrotra Is So Good, He's Caught AR Rahman's...
Meet Raghav Mehrotra. At 11 years of age, he has the kind of drumming skills that would probably make most professionals who have been playing for upwards of a decade blush a furious shade of 'My god,...
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