When Sonia was all ears
As the adage goes, images speak a thousand words.
Some Afghans have named their daughters Tulsi
The Afghan people are not too fond of the Pakistani government as a lot of terrorism is harboured across the border. Astad Deboo, the first dancer to perform in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban, looks back on a memorable journey.
'Ginsberg loved Calcutta, where poets were worshipped'
Arthur J Pais writes on a fascinating book that limns Beat poet Allen Ginsberg's attempt to find, in Indian mysticism, an antidote to Western materialism.
Love and belonging in Kolkata
Author Deborah Baker on the genesis of her book on poet Allen Ginsberg.
'It is sad that the N-deal is smeared in murky politics'
'If the US withdraws, where do we stand with all the starved costly reactors? We will be left with only the hazardous waste to deal with. The way the terms of the deal are structured, it is clear that we have only the legal right to test which cannot be implemented due to tremendous consequences,' says nuclear scientist A N Prasad, a known critic of the nuclear deal.
'Deal or no deal, the Left would have withdrawn'
'The fact is they have their own agenda and compulsions. In West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura, the Congress is their main opposition. They think going with the Congress would hamper their electoral prospects. It is this compulsion that has forced them to withdraw support, nothing else,' argues Congress leader M Veerappa Moily.
'I want to see the 7/11 perpetrators punished'
'The persons who are arrested are the ones who have played an active role in the blasts.' Maharashtra Director General of Police A N Roy defends the investigation into the July 11, 2006 blasts in Mumbai.
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