”How do we make non-violent activism sexy?” asked a friend in a letter to me recently. His question was posed in…

‘Scientists discover way to convert human hair into high grade fuel’ read the innocuous looking news item tucked away in a corner…

On 8 November when a mob of Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters in West Bengal beat Medha Patkar, after dragging her…

As the Burmese military brutally cracks down on a popular uprising of its citizens demanding democracy the question on many minds is…

On the second anniversary of the Asian earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004 it is worthwhile pondering what the entire tragedy…

In the run up to the US invasion of Iraq in March, 2003 there was one unusual but very interesting proposal for…

It is a staple Thai dish that you will not find in any recipe book on the country’s famous cuisine. And yet…

Hardly anyone familiar with the life and times of Thaksin Shinawatra – Thailand’s erstwhile Prime Minister, would lament his recent ouster from…

15th August 2006 will mark yet another Independence Day for the modern Indian nation. Fifty nine years ago this day Pandit Nehru,…

For all those who think that Israel is run by the most despicable, racist and repressive regime in the world here is…