News for 'Sikh Temple'

The Chaiwalli who's taking the Internet by storm

At 27, Uppma Virdi is telling stories, connecting cultures and making a killing out of chai.

The bookseller with a heart

Aseem Chhabra mourns the passing of the gentle and knowledgeable Mr K D Singh, who owned a quaint bookshop in New Delhi.

US Congressman Ami Bera's dad admits to election fraud

Babulal 'Bob' Bera, US Congressman Ami Bera's 83-year-old father, faces five years in prison.

The Death That Devastated Indira Gandhi

In all the highs and lows that India's most powerful, and only woman, prime minister faced in her life, the death of her younger son Sanjay was probably the most soul-destroying.

Triple talaq matter of faith, like Lord Ram's birthplace: Sibal to SC

When the bench asked Sibal 'shouldn't we hear the matter', he replied, 'Yes. You shouldn't.'

How the British stole the Kohinoor from a child

'I can tell you the case that hurts me the most is the one in which the little boy is forced to sign the Kohinoor over.' 'You take a mother away from a child, you surround him with grown ups speaking a different language, you tell him he must sign this over or else...'

Khushwant Singh remembers Indira Gandhi

'In her insecurity, she destroyed the institutions of democracy.' 'She packed Parliament with her supporters with loyalty being more important than ability; she superseded judges; she corrupted the civil service.' 'She knew how to use people against each other and was quite a master of that.' 'She would do this with calculated skill and in the bargain cause enmity between brothers, split up families.'

When Hindus ate beef, India was NEVER conquered

'There is a remarkable link between the eating of beef (or at the very least, tolerating the eating of beef) and India being a superpower.' 'In India, whenever an empire was strong, religion took a back seat.' 'Alternatively, whenever religion asserted itself, the main empire of India crumbled...'

Reconverted protestors still unsure about saving their homes

Having even taken recourse to changing their faith to save their houses from being razed, the residents of Rampur's Valmiki Basti now hope better political sense prevails. Dhruv Munjal reports

Read: Prez Obama's address to the people of India at Siri Fort

Full transcript of President Obama's speech at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.

Memon was hanged not because he was a Muslim, but because he participated in mass murder

The tragedy is that, at least on social media, the narrative that was being lapped up by many Indian Muslims was that Yakub Memon was being victimised. The purveyors of this poisonous line of thinking of course want this sentiment to grow since communal polarisation is the primary pillar of their political strategy, says Sushant Sareen.

'Nobody believes Nehru was beyond mistakes'

From our archives: The Khushwant Singh interview

'In her insecurity, she destroyed the institutions of democracy,' says Khushwant Singh.