US text book row: California not to replace 'India' with 'South Asia'

A California commission -- mandated with recommendation and revision of school text books -- has rejected demands of replacing India with South Asia for pre-1947 references, which had become a......

Harvard snubs Subramanian Swamy, drops courses taught by him

Harvard University has decided to dissociate itself from Dr Subramanian Swamy's controversial article in a Mumbai newspaper. George Joseph reports from New York. A meeting of the faculty of arts......

A play on pluralism

Whenever professor Diana L Eck hears of a play such as The Hindu and the Cowboy..and Other Kansas City Stories staged recently in Kansas City, she feels more than happy. The sympathetic play about......

'People don't fight over religion in Ayodhya'

'Gods of different religions haven't warred, so we shouldn't either.'Ritwik Sharma reports from Ayodhya. IMAGE: A man walks past the pillars that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad says will be used to......