BHU's double standards

When a university allows a small group of students to prevent classes being held; when the professor selected to hold those classes gives up and goes back to his hometown; what conclusion can be......

The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

Caught between worship and blame

200 years on, the legacy of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan -- the man behind the Aligarh Muslim University -- hangs between two extremes.Mohammad Sajjad brings much needed perspective to the debate. Sir Syed......

'One-and-a-half million Indians served in World War I'

'Over one million people served in various battlefronts during World War I. And yet, even today, we know so very little about them.' 'It is absolutely essential to acknowledge this part of India's......

The power of media content

Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels said that if a lie were repeated publicly a hundred times, it would become a truth.During the Russian Revolution in 1919, Trotsky identified the media -- like......

Gifting Harman-Priyanka another love story

WhenAshutosh Gowarikar announced that his next film, after the Aishwarya Rai-Hrithik Roshan starrer Jodhaa Akbar, would star the hot pair of Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, he made waves. Also......