Why India's First Gay Marriage Bureau Makes Perfect Sense
The thing about free markets is that where there is a need, a product or service to fulfill that need always emerges. It is this fundamental tenet of human nature that has been responsible for all...
View ArticleLet Your Children Grow, Don't Crush Them With Expectations
Watch out for your child's fatigue. He could be buckling under unrealistic expectations. My association with education has brought me in contact with students and their guardians from all fragments of...
View ArticleWe're Seeing Growth Under The BJP, But Where's The Progress?
The Narendra Modi-led BJP Government has been in power for almost two years now. The thumping majority they received in the Lok Sabha was testament to the fact that India was ready for a change of epic...
View ArticleAir India Pilot's Demand For Particular Woman Co-Pilot Delays Flight For Over...
NEW DELHI -- As many as 110 passengers onboard an Air India aircraft were forced to sit in the plane for two and half hours yesterday after its commander insisted for a "particular woman" co-pilot to...
View ArticleComplete Fee Waiver For SC/ST, Dalit Students Of IITs: Smriti Irani
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has promised a complete tuition fee waiver for students from backward classes, and those who are physically challenged, at the country's top...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Key Statements From Malegaon Blasts Case Missing; Shani...
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 Prime...
View ArticleBSP MP's Daughter-In-Law Found Dead In Ghaziabad
GHAZIABAD -- The daughter-in-law of BSP Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kashyap was today found dead inside the bathroom of their house in Sanjay Nagar in mysterious circumstances, after which an FIR was...
View ArticleBihar Liquor Ban: Heavy Drinkers Fall Sick, Find New Fix
Following the Bihar government’s blanket ban on alcohol this week, habitual drinkers in the state turned a jittery lot for want of their daily dose while some of them even suffered tremors. Without...
View ArticleSecular Student Activist Hacked And Shot To Death In Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi law student, who posted comments against radical Islamists on Facebook, was hacked by machete-wielding militants before being shot dead from close range here, the latest in a series of...
View Article'Masaan' Censored By Hotstar; Makers Cry Foul And Urge Viewers To Watch Film...
The Internet, in India is generally considered to be the only medium where the sword of censorship doesn’t hang over the heads of filmmakers or, for that matter, anyone who’d like to exhibit their work...
View ArticlePakistan Envoy Says Peace Process With India Suspended, Cites Kashmir As...
Barely a week after a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from Pakistan wrapped up its India visit to probe the Pathankot terror attack, a Pakistani envoy in Delhi said on Thursday that the peace process...
View ArticleModi Says Kolkata Flyover Tragedy ‘God's Message' To Save Bengal From TMC
Even as Kolkata continues to nurse its wounds following last week’s flyover collapse that claimed several lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the tragedy was ‘God’s message’ to...
View ArticleHow M-Learning Could Bring A World Of Knowledge To India's Palms
Only 49% of all children across the world will attend secondary school. And how many of those who make it to school, stay there? In India, as many as 80 million children drop out before completing...
View ArticleVoting In Mamata Was Bengal's Biggest Mistake. Now We Can Fix It
By Aatreyee Ghosh Bengal goes to vote in seven phases, starting from 4 April 2016. These polls, however, are not just about deciding the next government. This time, Bengal votes to answer the question...
View ArticleThe Strange Case Of Amitabh Bachchan's Ever-Shifting Political Allegiance
The Panama Papers leak has come as a great shock for the fans of Amitabh Bachchan. Son of a legendary poet and a megastar himself for over four decades, Amitabh Bachchan has little to hide. His life...
View ArticlePanama Papers Shows Yet Again Why We Need An Intergovernmental Tax Commission...
It is strangely fortuitous that the Panama Papers exposé, revealing how billions of dollars have been hidden by wealthy figures, has happened just before an important discussion involving governments...
View ArticleIs Tinseltown Full Of Brave Smiles And Lonely Lives? I Say It Is
"Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine." ― Honoré de Balzac I've always found the irony of these words a little haunting. Is that really true? Do we really NEED...
View ArticleOutstation Students At NIT Srinagar Allegedly Threatened With Rape: Report
Argument over a cricket match between Kashmiri and non-Kashmiri students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) have brought things to such a height that a group of outstation students have told...
View Article80 Year-Old NRI Walks From Kanyakumari To Delhi For Charity
NEW DELHI -- An 80-year-old NRI based in the UK yesterday concluded his 3,000-km walk from Kanyakumari to Delhi to spread awareness about blindness and raise funds. Balwant Singh Grewal was received at...
View ArticleKangana Wants Hrithik Arrested For 'Wilfully Outraging' Her Modesty
MUMBAI -- The Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut spat got murkier with the actress approaching the Commissioner of Police seeking the actor's arrest for allegedly circulating her personal photographs and...
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