P Rajendran

Anil Sood finds stress-cancer link

When Anil Sood first finished his oral board examinations in oncology, he had four job offers in cushy medical practices where he was offered two to three times what he was making as a researcher. But the scion of a business family went into low-paying research.

Why do terrorists target Times Square?

Behind the JumboTron faade of Times Square dwells a vibrant, quintessential America. Any attack plot on the Times Square is an assault on the liberalism the United States stands for. P Rajendran gets a bit nostalgic the day the 'Crossraods of the World' stood on the brink of danger.

'US, corrupt Karzai have stoked angry insurgency'

And for any solution to work, Pakistan could not be excluded, the writer Tahir Ali said, not least because a great many Pashtuns, who live within Pakistan but don't recognise the Afghan-Pakistan border, would be up in arms. The Pakistan military would be a key player in any decision taken on Afghanistan -- along with Iran, Russia and China.

'Despite US funds, things have got worse in Pak'

K Alan Kronstadt, a specialist in South Asian affairs for the US Congressional Research Service, on how more US oversight on funding to fight terror in Pakistan could help both countries and even India.

Image: Apple unveils iPad, the tablet computer

Apple released iPad, its new tablet computer, which is the size of a standard children's slate and does not have a keyboard or mouse, but relies on a touch-screen.

Haiti: ''They just dump the bodies in the trucks'

"It's a nightmare over here," says Eddy Handal. "There's no electricity, no water. Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing! Absolutely nothing."Handal is the honourary consul to India in Haiti, and he has been in touch with his superior, Ambassador Mitra Vashist in Havana in Cuba, the 140 Indian personnel making up the Formed Police Unit, and the Missionaries of Charities there."The situation is very critical. food is not being properly distributed," says Handal.

'One more 26/11 could have huge consequences'

'The dissemination of violence, of terrorism, has its origin in Pakistan,' says Christophe Jaffrelot.

'My father Guru Dutt was very pessimistic'

Arun Dutt talks about his famous father Guru Dutt and how it was like growing up under his shadow.

Psychologist by day, desi beauty blogger by night

Desi beauty blogger Sumi tells P Rajendran how she manages write about beauty and to study clinical psychology at the same time.

'I will teach you to be rich' says this blogger

Negotiate like an Indian and defer wants, were the two thumbrules personal finance blogger Rami Sethi learnt from his parents, he tells P Rajendran.

The blogger who quit school and employed his mom

Amit Gupta's blogging efforts help the layman put the fun back in photography, reports P Rajendran.

This atheist blogger sold his soul on eBay

Hemant Mehta's atheism-oriented blog works, finds P Rajendran, because of its non-confrontational tone.

Mr Chidambaram takes a train to Washington

Before he boarded the Amtrak train at New York's Penn station, the home minister learnt what novel security measures the New York Police Department, Coast Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were taking to deal with possible terrorist attacks. In the wake of the terror attacks on Mumbai in November last year, the NYPD had incorporated changes to deal with similar attacks from the sea and on soft targets.

Ultra-brown: A blogger who fights discrimination

As part of a series featuring Indian bloggers, P Rajendran speaks to Manish Vij, who uses the Internet to fight political discrimination.

Obama's Cairo speech will seek peace

US President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Egypt Thursday will focus on reconciliation and avoid the apocalyptic vision of the Bush regime, according to experts from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

US deports mentally ill Indian

A mental patient has been deported to India to face an uncertain future, although his case is still open to appeal in court, according to his family. Harvey Sachdev was 12 when he came to the United States with his family from Punjab. He was a valedictorian both at the Northeastern High School, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. But worsening schizophrenia made it difficult for Harvey.

'People are afraid of speaking about Islam'

'People are much more afraid,' Salman Rushdie said, speaking of the years following the fatwa Iranian clerics had declared against him. 'There has been a chilling effect. Now people think twice before they make... almost any remark about Islam. They think twice in case somebody decides to be offended.'

9/11: He died. She killed herself

Salman: I will never be able to forgive

Harrer, author of 'Seven Years in Tibet,' dead