Can more disasters happen in Uttarakhand?

'Above 2,000 metres the gradient of the Himalayas is very steep and if you build any infrastructure (roads, dams, hydro power projects) in these regions, it will not be able to sustain these events......

What India needs to do in Kashmir

'India needs to learn in Kashmir how to spread development.''Pakistan needs to learn in Balochistan how to spread development.''China needs to learn in Xinjiang and Tibet.''And if they can show......

Is Yogi scared of the Mughals?

'The Mughals became completely Indian in every sense and united the vast Indian subcontinent, not only territorially, but also the hearts and minds of people with multiple religio-cultural,......

How should India deal with Pakistan?

'We need to be in a perpetual state of aggression, and able to swiftly change the goal posts to keep Pakistan in a state of imbalance,' argues Sanjeev Nayyar. IMAGE: CRPF troopers during a gun......

'In India, those who don't vote are happy people'

In the wake of Thomas L Friedman's The World is Flat, and Shashi Tharoor's The Elephant, The Tiger, and The Cell Phone comes Rafiq Dossani's book India Arriving: How This Economic Powerhouse is......

Ghost cities of 2100

For 900 years, Mohenjo-daro, a city in what is now Pakistan, was the urban hub of a thriving civilization, the New York or London of its day. Around 1700 B.C., residents suddenly abandoned the......

Why Indian entrepreneurs succeed in US

One-quarter of the U.S. publicly traded, venture capital-backed companies started in the past 15 years were founded by immigrant entrepreneurs, according to American Made: The Impact of Immigrant......

When Aiyar upstaged Friedman

It was an evening when Union Minister for Petroleum Mani Shankar Aiyar stole the show from three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York Times columnist Thomas L Friedman, and how! The event......

'Making my Bollywood debut with Hrithik is a dream come true'

Pooja Hegde, who is making her Bollywood debut with Mohenjo Daro, feels extremely lucky to have teamed up with two legends -- actor Hrithik Roshan and director Ashutosh Gowariker. "I......

Bajrangi Bhaijaan ka namaste, aapko!'

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Salman Khan turned to Twitter to share the official poster of his upcoming film Bajrangi Bhaijaan and tweeted:......

First Look: Ranbir Kapoor in Bombay Velvet

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has released a picture from his next film, Bombay Velvet.He shared a teaser poster (left) and......

Curtain comes down on SAF Games

The subcontinent's showpiece sporting event, the South Asian Federation Games, was consigned to history on Wednesday evening after ten days of intense competition among eight countries, including......