In Sirsa, shops owned by Dera chief's followers run separate money system

In the town of Sirsa, home to the sprawling headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda, shops owned by followers of the sect's flamboyant head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh run a separate monetary system to......

Former slave to be new face of US $20 bill

Harriet Tubman will also be the first African-American to appear on US currency. In a historic move, the United States is set to put celebrated anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman on a $20 bill in......

Top journalism prize for Mumbai-based blogger

Mumbai-based journalist and commentator Amit Varma has won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism, 2007. Varma, a one-time correspondent for Cricinfo, quit to set up his own website, indiauncut.com and......

Of watches and washes

Baume & MercierWith the idea of "putting the modern women in the limelight", the design studio has created the new Baume & Mercier Diamant watch, which has a diamond-set crown on each model.The......

China chips away at granite market

It's not just the Taj Mahal that India is famous for. Did you know that the Hiroshima Victims memorial in Japan, Vietnam War Memorial, Holocaust Memorial and the Astronaught Memorial in the US are......