'Our community has lost a giant'

Urvashi Vaid dreamed of a common movement for social justice that could address them all: Racism, gender oppression and homophobia.Sandip Roy salutes the memory of Urvashi Vaid, one of America's......

Arunachal Pradesh has ALWAYS been part of India

China has long coveted Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls Southern Tibet.But, as Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan explains, in 1947, the present state of Arunachal Pradesh constituted the North East......

Kamala Harris' glass portrait unveiled in her honour

Celebrating Kamala Harris as America's first woman vice president, a unique glass portrait in her honour has been unveiled in front of the historic Lincoln Memorial. IMAGE: A woman takes a snap of......

How to TAME Pakistan

'While military acts such as the Uri surgical strikes are one option, cultural, economic and diplomatic isolation should also be part of the arsenal,' argues Sankrant Sanu. How to bring about......

World's most dangerous laptop auctioned as 'work of art'

Six pieces of malware present in the laptop had truly terrible track records.It's estimated that these six programs have logged combined damages of $95 billion between them, says Devangshu Datta.......

'A Colossus who changed Indian advertising forever'

'He was the first creative person to recognise and fully realise the power of film in an era when press ads were the only competence of Indian creatives.'Urvi Malvania remembers Alyque Padamsee.......

'Copyright piracy has reached alarming level in China, India'

An influential Congressional caucus in a latest report has expressed concern over alarming level of copyright piracy in four countries China, Russia, Switzerland and India. It has added India to......

Idea: Whose baby is it anyway?

The film Social Network may be a fictional or realistic account of the creation of Facebook.However, either ways it raises interesting questions -- who actually owns an idea? What is the moral......

'It's so amazing I get to roleplay for a living'

'Touch wood, I'm blessed that I am getting this chance to do the things I love.''I know a lot of people would love to be in my place.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Tanya Maniktala/Instagram When......

'I'm not a scandalous person'

'If today, I have to take up a nude role, I will, if I like the script and the director.''It has to affect me as a script and be meaningful.''It should not be to titillate the audience.' It's not......

'I tend to look like a child'

'Trust me, it's a disadvantage because people don't take you seriously.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Nidhi Singh/Instagram Nidhi Singh started her acting journey in the popular Web series Permanent......

'Salman Khan and his family sabotaged my career'

'Salman Khan family is the head of this venomous serpent.' IMAGE: Salman Khan in Dabangg. Director Abhinav Singh Kashyap appealed to the government to launch a detailed investigation into actor......

Kolkata turns pink as countdown for first Day/Night Test begins

IMAGE: Ganguly with match ticket and the mascots at the Eden Gardens. Photographs: CAB/Twitter The Countdown for India's first-ever Day/Night Test began, on Sunday, with the City of Joy......

Has Beckham made the right move?

Former England football captain David Beckham will leave Spain's Real Madrid club at the end of the Spanish season and sign a five-year deal for US side Los Angeles Galaxy worth $1 million a week,......