Homosexuality not a disorder: Gay rights activist to SC

Homosexuality is not a mental and psychological disorder and it is a normal form of sexuality, gay rights activists argued before the Supreme Court on Thursday while pleading for decriminalization......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

Sharp rise in crime against women in Assam

Assam of late has witnessed a rising trend in crime against women basically due to increase in incidents related to dowry demand, rape and other various other forms of atrocities.As per records......

Independent-minded editors are an endangered species: Ansari

The slow erosion of the institution of the editor in Indian media organisations is a reality. When media space and media products are treated solely in terms of revenue maximisation strategies,......

Review: Loud Speaker is very good

One of the fast vanishing qualities in human beings living in the rural India these days is simplicity, whatwith rapid urbanisation and materialistic approach towards life. Everyone is becoming an......

MJ: I want to go out like Elvis

'If the media calls me weird, what word would the media have for so many things going on around us,' Michael Jackson once asked his friend, the holistic guru and best-selling author Deepak Chopra.......

Michael's last words to Deepak Chopra

When writing about a truly global celebrity, like Michael Jackson, it's often difficult to separate man from myth, real-life personality from on-stage persona. In short, it's difficult to show the......