Has Pakistan's project of shutting down the Internet ceased? After the 'Draw the Prophet' fiasco in June, the usually stubborn Facebook made conciliatory noises to the
In April, India's Planning Commission accepted recommendations put forth by the so-called Tendulkar Committee on a new poverty headcount for the country. Constituted by the Planning Commission
This time Gandhi has died
And the heart is now relieved
Hope is rekindled
That people will now think
What after leaderism?
– Taranand Biyogi in Maithili poem
'Saal-dar-
The massacres at two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore is the result of anti-Ahmadi sentiment fanned by religious extremists and allowed by a compromised state and the silent support of political parties.
It has long been understood that any goal of strengthening federalism in India by utilising the existing state boundaries will create fissures between communities and ethnic groups. Stronger federalism, after
On 7 June, 25 years and six months after the Bhopal gas disaster, Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari sentenced former Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) chairman Keshub Mahindra and
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If you plan on watching live coverage of the upcoming Pakistani elections on your favourite private Pakistani TV channel, you are in for a disappointment. All private Pakistani TV
NDTV looks all set to go truly Southasian, having entered into a distribution partnership with Dialog TV, Sri Lanka's leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider, for its
When the floods come this time
Bodies will remain, souls will be washed away
Next time when floods come
Floods will remain, bodies will be washed way.
– Kuber Datta in
Will levying annual license fees on TV sets really pull Prasar Bharati out of its financial crisis? And is it proper? The Indian government's proposal rests on the
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'Trade through the border'
The Nathula pass between Sikkim and Tibet reopened at the beginning of May, a month earlier than last year. It
