Karnataka Congress leader retracts 'Hindu is Persian' remark as protests intensify

Karnataka Congress working president Satish Jarkiholi, who is in the eye of a political storm for his statement on the origins of the word ‘Hindu’ and its "dirty meaning", on Wednesday......

After ASI's no to Hindu, Jain deities, nod sought for namaz in Qutab complex

Amid the demand for restoration of Hindu and Jain deities inside the Qutab Minar complex, Delhi Waqf Board has claimed that namaz used to be offered at a mosque there, that was stopped by the......

Why Great Men Worship Light of Asia

Count among The Light of Asia's many, many admirers over 132 years: Gandhi, Tagore, Vivekananda, Nehru and Ambedkar, Tolstoy and Kipling, Yeats and Eliot, Alfred Nobel, Dmitri Mendeleev and C V......

How can you measure democracy?

There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability.That India needs a spell of benevolent......

Pak to welcome India joining pipeline project

A day after sealing final pacts with Iran on a long-talked gas pipeline, Pakistan on Monday said it will welcome India joining the project and will guarantee safe delivery of the fuel. With New......

Making billions on Islamic art

It's hard to know when art maven and real estate investor Nasser David Khalili first felt a craving for legitimacy. Could it have been when his teacher at a Jewish day school in Tehran, Iran......

Why Bajirao Mastani has upset two families

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani has ruffled quite a few feathers among the descendants of the Peshwa and his Muslim wife. Sanjay Leela Bhansali's passion project has faced many a hurdle.......

Prince Ali criticises FIFA over Middle East treatment

FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein has criticised soccer's world governing body FIFA for banning Iraq from hosting home internationals and called upon the organisation to do more for......