India toughens anti-rape laws, no mercy for sexual offenders
India is finally taking a deep, serious look at replacing the British-era laws to give them more teeth and build a legal framework that makes women feel safer and create …
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India-China ties: Don’t muddy the waters
NEW DELHI: As a new leadership takes charge in Beijing in March, India and China are trying hard to keep the warmth flowing in their relations as the Chinese plan …
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Rescuing India from enemies of freedom
A wave of intolerance and “cultural terrorism” seems to have swept India, the world’s largest democracy that is often touted as a model of pluralism and secularism. It is Tamil …
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In search of the tragi-comic ‘Last Nizam’
John Zubrzycki, an Australian journalist, has authored a finely-nuanced portrait of Mukarram Jah, the last Nizam of Hyderabad. The book conjures up the life and times of a fabulously wealthy …
Read MoreCaste and corruption: Nandy triggers storm in Jaipur
It isn’t novelist Salman Rushdie this time. But controversy and the Jaipur Literature Festival have met yet again. Just three days into the fest, sociologist Ashis Nandy’s controversial comments that …
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China will slow down, 50-50 chance for India story
Author and analyst Ruchir Sharma could easily be mistaken for a model, with his clean good looks and impeccable manners. But if you were to talk to him and have …
Read MoreLook East: Flowering of India’s Asian dream
Intertwining the destinies and dreams of 1.8 billion people, India and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are poised to pitch their mutually empowering multi-faceted relations into a …
Read MoreThinking Big: Small dreams, small things
The Right to Dream, and to live again! Listening to Mahasweta Devi is a spiritually uplifting and ethically cleansing experience. At the Diggi Palace in Jaipur, the 87-year-old writer-activist wove …
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India is our guru: Dalai Lama
He laughs from that deep down centre of inner peace, his face all radiance and the beauty of a realized soul. In the glorious wintry sunshine at the front lawns …
Read MoreLive from Jaipur: Celebrating power and beauty of words
It’s a celebration of the power and beauty of words. The power of words to transform and transfigure the world we live in. In its sixth outing, the Jaipur Literary …
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