For a moment I didn't believe a word when the agent(s) said people queue up at Rajaji Bhavan as early as 2am for Tatkal train bookings. I immediately cursed my stars as I had received a call from my old colleague...

“Kolkatta hospital fire kills over 70”. “Fire at Indian nursing home kills 35”. “Hospital fire kills at least 40 in Eastern India”. “Police blame safety violations as India hospital fire kills”. And the list is long. I was dumb-struck at seeing...

Before debating if ‘whipping’ or ‘boxing someone in the ears’ is a Gandhian principle or punishment allowed under  law, let’s peek into (hope, I’m not committing a crime here) the history of corporal punishment. The earliest recorded history of mankind coming...

Kapil Sibal the Telecom Minister of India has been on the news for all the wrong reasons, so to say. This time he spoke about 'gagging content on internet' thus setting a new wave of protests from people across the country and...

Two states Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India have, of late, been blowing hot and cold over an issue which is as old as one hundred years. Interesting. What is it? A 'damned' dam located on the Western Ghats in...