On December 15, Mohammed Mustafa, an MBA student and IAS aspirant from Jamia Milia Islamia University, was among the students who were dragged out of the library and lathi-charged by policemen. In a conversation with Rediff.com's Divya Nair, the 26 year old recounts the ordeal he faced for a protest he says he didn't participate in or volunteer for.
Police said that they are trying to contact the girl so that an investigation can take place.
'It's like he came on a Time Machine and left in the same vehicle. A fairytale ending, but not a happy one.'
'These online dynamics stem from offline India, where pressure to get married by a certain age is generally greater on girls than on boys,' says Ashish Sharma.
'In one mansion we visited, I was told the doors in the back courtyard had to be kept closed because to have the front and back doors open at the same time would result in Chettiar wealth flowing away,' notes Rahul Jacob after a memorable visit to Karaikudi.
'The phone rang on the night of January 15.' 'The voice of an Indian family friend in Venezuela came on.' 'That morning, there had been an accident on the highway'. 'My father had died on the spot.' Radha Roy Biswas reveals her heart-warming and heart-breaking relation with a country drowning in economic chaos.
Amartyada, says Omkar Goswami, thank you for being the humane, caring and socially concerned economist that you are.
'Love doesn't have to come out of nowhere on a train or in Switzerland on a mountain.'
The girl was left with a fractured nose after a man allegedly hit her repeatedly for asking him and his friends not to argue among themselves loudly in Kurla-Nehru Nagar
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Rajesh Karkera journeys through verdant countryside to the little-explored pristine Lonar lake in eastern Maharashtra.
A youth was fatally beaten up in a drunken brawl by his four friends in full public glare in Coimbatore city -- an act which was recorded in a close-circuit camera leading to the arrest of the culprits.
A youth was fatally beaten up in a drunken brawl by his four friends in full public glare in Coimbatore city -- an act which was recorded in a close-circuit camera leading to the arrest of the culprits.
In the past decade-and-a-half, sections of urban India have become much more liberal about accepting gay men and women than our colonial-era laws might have suggested, says Rahul Jacob.
Aseem Chhabra brings you the Best of the Berlinale.
Threats were often communicated to Pandit homes through notes tied to stones chucked through a window, or a notice pasted on a wall. Those sometimes came from neighbours eyeing that Pandit family's property. Those threats often worked in the atmosphere of terror during that awful season of vacuous exercise of State authority, writes David Devadas, longtime Kashmir watcher and author of two books on the Valley.
70-plus years after Independence, 'Hindu India, metamorphosised as 'Hindutva India', is proving the British right -- and for all the wrong reasons. Mohan Bhagwat should have answers for the why of it, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Economist Deepak Nayyar says economic openness, while necessary, is not sufficient, and is conducive to development only when combined with industrial policy.
Come 2023, and four people will blast off on a 200-day journey to Mars to establish a human colony on that planet. Indulekha Aravind talks to some Indians who have lined up for the unprecedented adventure
Appearing before an MP-MLA court in Lucknow, the LLM student categorically denied that she had levelled any allegation against the former Union minister as the prosecution had charged. She now faces a perjury charge.
'Surprisingly, the most frequent of the walking squads are the Auntyjis, those you'd hardly credit with such dedication.' 'Yet, they're always present and the sprightliest of the lot in their salwar suits and saris,' says Kishore Singh.
The US has the distinction of destroying a flawed but functioning State thrice since 1979. Pakistan has been their constant accomplice, explains Shekhar Gupta.
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As returns decline, with extent and time horizon uncertain, some of these investors look to shift to safer zones
Benjamin Janis Schult was allegedly attacked by two men with surgical blades and robbed of his wallet and cell phone in north Delhi's Kotwali area.
'At 23, he has experienced what very few of his age have: Poverty at home, a stint in jail for his student activism.' 'His experience told him that if you want your rights, you have to fight for them.'
'Putting tanks on the Ladakh border is not enough to combat China, what is needed to ensure resilience against any cyber-attacks or attacks in outer space or China flexing its economic muscle, as it did with Australia.'
Five persons were arrested on Monday in connection with the sensational Rs 5.50 crore heist from an ATM van at D block Defence Colony market.
A 37-year-old man was arrested in New Delhi for allegedly planting two 'bombs' made of simple explosive material used for making crackers near the house of one of the accused in the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl.
Ankit Sharma, 26, had been missing since Tuesday and might have been killed in stone pelting, officials said.
The IOA chief had earlier called for an Indian boycott of the 2022 CWG in Birmingham over the axing of shooting from the Games programme due to logistical issues.
Went to buy ice-cream. Businessman-turned militant returns home dead.
Lagaan's dream run on screen and off it is a much needed reminder of winning against all odds in these pandemic ravaged times, notes Sukanya Verma.
As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Biswas looks back at a devastated country she continues to love deeply.
The South Asian nations could script a new history of cooperation and prosperity that could serve as an example for other nations, notes Dr Rahul Mishra.
In Jaffrabad, Maujpur, Yamuna Vihar, Chand Bagh, Mustafabad and Bhajanpura, which were among the areas worst hit by the communal violence, there were more vehicles and people on the roads than in the last five days.
'Khan Market is useful if not central to our existence,' says Kishore Singh.
"People in his birth place, Mangalore, and also those in Bengaluru have been requesting to bury part of his remains in the two cities."
'We've never really been in the situation of having a difficult time with the Chinese and an increasingly difficult time with the Russians along with a relationship with the Americans which is important.'
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's close friend and co-producer of his biopic, Arun Pandey on Sunday recalled the unforgettable moments they both spent with Sushant Singh Rajput when the lead actor constantly battled the "enormous pressure" of replicating the iconic cricketer's magic on the big screen. While it is almost impossible to gauge what goes in the mind of enigma that Dhoni is, Sushant left no stone unturned to do justice to his character.
'For me, Diwali is all about sweets and shopping, spreading love and being with family and close friends.'
