God, math, and Ramanujan's fascinating story

December 22 marks the 129th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the greatest Indian mathematician of the 20th century.Just 32 when he died, Ramanujan has fascinated mathematicians, writers......

The 'spiritual desolation' of Saint Teresa

What is strange, for someone who spent a lifetime in seva, is that St Teresa's own personal journals and communication with the Church hierarchy reveal someone in “spiritual desolation", says......

Subramanian Swamy backs Yogi Adityanath's attack on Mother Teresa

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday extended support to his party MP Yogi Adityanath, who accused Mother Teresa of being part of a 'conspiracy to Christianise India',......

'If Mother was alive Sunday mass would be for Mohan Bhagwat'

The Missionaries of Charity are unaffected by the recent comments of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat questioning Mother Teresa's motives. Arindam Majumder reports Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of......

Omerta review: A lean, brutal masterpiece

'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair. On a pleasant evening not that long ago, a few cinephile friends......

Fahrenheit 9/11: Provocative, yet funny

Michael Moore who, while accepting the Best Documentary Oscar Award for his film, Bowling For Columbine, denounced US President George W Bush for planning a 'fictitious war' against Iraq, doesn't......