'What we see today is bargaining.' 'The man's family sets a price for him and then they start bargaining.' 'He is sold to the family that offers the highest price.' 'In this market, a woman is just a commodity to be sold because if she remained at home, it is a humiliation for the family.'
A novel "dog patting" campaign in Muslim-majority Malaysia, aimed at helping people overcome their fear of dogs, has triggered a controversy after Islamic scholars criticised it, prompting authorities to launch a probe.
A team of divers has had a close encounter with one of the biggest great white sharks on record -- and lived to tell the tale.
Photos surfaced of two crocodiles fighting in a dramatic fashion, with the bigger one eventually eating the smaller croc at Rinyirru National Park in North Queensland.
Director Wilson Louis talks about horror film Kaalo winning two awards at the South African Halloween Horror Festival.
A video captured in Fairbanks, Alaska, showing a strange "thing" swimming in the Chena River, has set the Internet on fire.
The film is a classic fairytale that goes on as a spy-action odyssey.
The humans are in trouble. They've been attacked by a Virus. What happens to the animals who depend on them? The Crows? The Dogs? And The Cats? Nitin Sathe's short story set in the times of the coronavirus.
Tales By Light is devoted to the kind of nature photography that appears on the pages of Nat Geo, but it exposes viewers to fascinating vistas that have only partly to do with photography, says Vikram Johri.
Toxin, Nachiket Barve's latest range showcased on Day Two of the LFW, was predictably enough, inspired by deadly creatures of the deep. Here's a look at a few of his creations.
The mythical creature of the sea are now quite real. Women are turning to mermaiding for an emotional lift and for fitness! Reuters photographer Pilar Olivares plunges into the lifestyle.
Paul Barton, a British musician, from Yorkshire, plays classical music to old, overworked and sometimes disabled elephants.
Chiranjeev Lalwani, who has attempted over 70 dives, shares his experience of scuba diving in the Maldives.
Gaurav Gupta's collection on Day 2 drew inspiration from the world under water. Check it out!
A look at some of Bollywood's best-known snake movies.
10 photos that show it's an odd, weird world out there
Sometimes there's no explanation why we do some really nutty things to score brownie points with the fairer sex, says Abhishek Mande.
Sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Read on to find out how!
Here's looking at significant Hollywood adaptations of popular fantasy novels other than Twilight.
"If I hadn't looked upon her with my own eyes, I might not have believed that such an elephant could exist in our world."
Paul, the Octopus, is not the only creature predicting World Cup results. A parakeet, a long tailed parrot, named 'Mani' has also been forecasting match results.
Pushing people to litigation is a major source of tax uncertainty.
Bloodsuckkers have always been a part of Hollywood even before True Blood and Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
The current crop of TV shows have unreal characters that today's woman have a hard time relating to.
As we count down to Mother's Day on May 9, here's a look at some of the 'hottest' screen mothers in recent times.
Paul the oracle octopus has become an ambassador for England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup, officials said on Friday
The impact of the oil spill off Mumbai on the marine life can be ascertained only after six months to a year, said well-known marine biologist Deepak Apte.
In what could rewrite the history of humanity's spread around the world, scientists have discovered a new species of ancient human, which lived side-by-side with the Neanderthals as recently as 30,000 years ago.
Perumal Murugan's Songs Of A Coward reminds Uttaran Das Gupta of Orwell's Animal Farm and Ionesco's The Rhinoceros. Both works, as well as Murugan's stark poetry, are poignant for our times, when political figures build personality cults around themselves and demand absolute loyalty.
In the run-up to the 2019 election, netas of all hues are reiterating their devotion for all things bovine, says Geetanjali Krishna.
'A poorly conceived reboot that's overlong, overdramatic and overdone, Love Aaj Kal simply cannot differentiate between pyaar and parody,' says Sukanya Verma.
Pricing can help prioritise the best use of conservation efforts and funding
James Cameron, the man who made Aliens and Terminator 2, clearly can still choreograph action better than anyone else in the world.
You struggle because, first you 'try' and second, you, 'talk', says mind coach, NLP trainer and Zen Lifestyle Expert Anu Krishna.
Actresses who weren't exactly high up in the popularity charts this year.
Shameem Akthar, yoga acharya, trained with the Sivananda Vedanta Yoga Center, will show you five animal poses from yoga which will help you build super stamina.
The film, however, weill neither be a prequel or sequel to the Harry Potter films.
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