What Hong Kong needs to do to stop the violence

'It is time for the government to reach out across the divide to fashion a bridge -- seeking help from universities, politicians of all hues, Christian leaders, labour heads and business stalwarts,......

In a dark, dingy, slum, families cope with Mumbai's hooch tragedy

Families, torn apart by the Malvani hooch tragedy, where 104 people lost their lives, confront a dark and hopeless future. Rediff.com reports on how the families are coping with their individual......

None of us want to be 'tolerated', we want to be ourselves

I love India and intend to live and die here, but I also want to be able to freely question its imperfections. Just as I have the freedom to say that Islam has been hijacked by a gang of demonic......

'It has become fashionable to be hate mongers'

'The majority community needs to accept that the Indian Muslim is peace loving, not communal and treat them accordingly,' says Lieutenant General Zameer Uddin Shah, the soldier-educationist on a......

Football PHOTOS: Spain, Italy register easy wins

Spain strolled to a 4-1 win at home to Israel, while Italy survived some first-half scares on the way to a 2-0 win and Croatia registered a 1-0 home win over Ukraine in an action-packed game.......