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Nations With Hindu Heads of Government

Right now there are five Hindus occupying the top job in the world.Rishi Sunak will be the sixth. IMAGE: Akshata Murty and Rishi Sunak pray at the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple in Hertfordshire,......

Mahatma's great grandson dies of COVID-19

Satish Dhupelia, one of Mahatma Gandhi's great-grandsons, succumbed to COVID-19 in Johannesburg on Sunday, three days after his 66th birthday. Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie confirmed that her......

'Netaji was like a god'

Twenty two years before Kabir Khan's The Forgotten Army streams on Amazon Prime on January 24, 2020, his documentary of the same name was telecast on Doordarshan.On that occasion, Kabir Khan spoke......

Jallianwala Bagh apology: Should we really care?

I can't see what purpose can be served by an apology by a British government that cannot in any way be blamed for one sadistic man running amok 100 years ago, argues Sunanda K Datta-Ray. ......

Why History is more important now than ever before

'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their......

An insecure future for India's unskilled workers

More often than not unskilled workers end up getting a raw deal, writes Sunanda K Datta-Ra. It sounded like the understatement of the year when Montek Singh Ahluwalia said India would "not be......

Indians go for luxury villas in Mauritius

Either Harry Langton is having a bad hair day or he hasn't slept too well on his flight from London to Delhi. Or maybe he's just a poor traveller, having replaced his father, chairman Andrew......

Should PIOs be given special treatment?

Tarun DasDirector General,Confederation of Indian IndustryI am often asked why the 20 million persons of Indian origin -- who, if counted separately, would be the 50th largest country in the world......

The text of the PM's speech

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's speech at the inaugural session of the First Pravasi Bharatiya Divas celebrations, January 9, 2003.Your Excellency, Sir Anerood Jugnauth; Eminent......

Shark Tale tops US box office

Easily proving that its critics have no teeth, Shark Tale swam to the top of the box-office reef, swallowing an estimated $49 million in three days. The story of an ambitious fish that gets into......

India-South Africa T20s: What's the score?

India and South Africa kick-off preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 2016 with a three-match series, the first of which will be played in Dharamsala on Friday. Since their first meeting in 2006,......

Kallis to make donation to Yuvraj Singh Foundation

Long-serving Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced that he will make a special donation to the Yuvraj Singh Foundation. Kallis made the announcement as Cricket South Africa (CSA)......

Largest African crowd to honour Tendulkar, Ntini

South African president Jacob Zuma and a host of Bollywood stars, led by Shahrukh Khan, will be joined by the biggest crowd ever at a cricket match on the African continent to honour iconic batsman......

Majola recalls South Africa's 1991 India tour

Cricket South Africa (CSA) chief executive Gerald Majola citied how Indian people lined the streets of Calcutta in 1991 to welcome the South Africa team as it undertook its first tour of the......

Bollywood stars for Ntini's farewell concert

Bollywood stars, Shahrukh Khan, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will bid farewell to retiring South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini at a glittering concert in Durban on January 9. The 33-year-old......

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