Dismissing reports of the Burari family practising superstitious rituals, Vishakha said all the cousins were excited about Priyanka's (one of the victims) wedding and "things like registers with notes on salvation" never came up for any discussion among them.
Questions about staging a safe and secure Olympics in France were raised on Friday after the Paris 2024 bid suffered an untimely setback when a French soldier wounded a man armed with a machete as he tried to enter the Louvre museum.
Rafael Nadal's hopes of a 15th Grand Slam title were crushed by an inspired Roger Federer in the Australian Open final on Sunday but the rejuvenated Spaniard was already rubbing his hands together with the prospect of a 'special' season on clay.
'The entire brouhaha with regard to the CAB smacks of blatant Hinduphobia, a duplicitous exercise, morally corrupt in its construct and aimed at divesting deserving Hindus of basic human rights by raising the bogey of Muslim discrimination, and must be called out for what it is,' says Vivek Gumaste.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
Bhumi Pednekar, Radhika Apte, Manisha Koirala, Kiara Advani luminate Netflix's Lust Stories, notes Sukanya Verma.
Devangshu Datta enjoyed the Netflix series thoroughly!
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
Finding Fanny is a fine blend of soulful musings and nuanced filmmaking, feels Sukanya Verma.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
'The verdict must be seen as something more; as a historical balm, a moral restitution and the deliverance of justice to a people wronged,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
Celebrating the glamorous Rekha.
The New York based designer unveiled his jewellery line with Forevermark at a fashion show in Mumbai. Take a look!
In a patriarchal Uttar Pradesh village, a young girl is making a difference.
The best red carpet looks from the British Fashion Awards 2015.
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Communalising law and order situations is fraught with danger; we need to tread cautiously. Interjecting a communal angle into what is purely a law and order issue does nobody good; it muddies the picture, fuels unrequited passion and distracts us from the core issue, says Vivek Gumaste.
Showstopper Sona Mohapatra and fashion designers impressed on Day two at Amazon India Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017.
'Genuine mistakes can and must be forgiven,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
'A big reason for its low recall value is that Rangbaaz's colourful characters are all essentially punks,' feels Sreehari Nair.
'The current government must act sooner rather than later,' asserts Vivek Gumaste.
The trial of French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema over claims they paid for sex with an underage call girl was adjourned for procedural reasons on Tuesday until 2014.
Presenting our list of ten influential and best-dressed Indian women across professions.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup
At a time when the Kashmir valley has been shut down, it is perhaps appropriate that we remember Lal Ded, Kashmir's best known spiritual and literary figure, someone remembered with divine adoration both by Hindus and Muslims in Kashmir. A fascinating excerpt from Sandhya Mulchandani's For The Love Of God: Women Poet Saints Of The Bhakti Movement.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
It is said he worked towards losing weight in natural and safe ways.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
Take a look at how she ruled the runway at India Couture Week 2016.
In just 18 frames, the photograph of the dainty Sheena, with her winsome smile and starry eyes, dissolved, flesh falling off her facial bones, into what the CBI alleged was her corresponding yellowed, morose-looking skull with hollow, haunting eye sockets.
'Tipu Sultan was no doubt a valiant fighter who vigorously opposed the British, but that cannot mitigate the fact that he was also by all accounts a religious bigot -- a figure incompatible with modern secular times,' says Vivek Gumaste.
'What has taken the wind out of its sails is the government's own expectation management and its inability to strategise on delivery,' says Vikram Johri.
'To treat a Hindu fleeing persecution and certain death in Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan on par with a Muslim voluntarily sneaking into India for economic reasons or otherwise is callously cruel, blatantly perverse and grossly unjust.' 'The concept of equality cannot be invoked to perpetuate a historical wrong that needs to be righted,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
A neighbour, on the condition of anonymity, said the Bhatia family would never invite neighbours to their house.
Two celebs, two similar outfits...which one gets your vote?
