'Obedience, service and an over-glorified stress on keeping the family's honour intact keep Muslim women from focusing on their own happiness. So they stay joyless and 'pious,' with an ever-present hint of bitterness for the fun-loving women,' says Zoia Tariq.
This was good enough for Fernandes to hire Chandilya to lead his India business.
Over Dosas in Mumbai, Oscar winner Megan Mylan tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel why she chose India and girls empowerment as the subject of her new documentary.
The controversy over Sant Rampal and his army of followers taking the law into their hands has once again thrown the spotlight on the clout that India's godmen possess.
To avert another Uttarakhand-type catastrophe, we must change course. We should stop pandering to the Indian elite's insatiable appetite for electricity, which is driving reckless dam construction, says Praful Bidwai
It is always wonderful to discover a gem of film at an international film festival. It is even more exciting when that film is from India.
Hers is a rags-to-riches story for the ages, peppered with risks, determination and strokes of luck.
Director Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.
A look at the life and times of maverick businessman Chinnakannan Sivasankaran
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