Amartya Sen says it is wrong to suggest that the US ought to draw inspiration from the British Empire.
Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, dubbed as 'Dr Death', was on Tuesday convicted of manslaughter of three Australian patients and grievously harming another after a 14-week trial held in a Melbourne court.Patel, 60, now an American citizen, was remanded to police custody till Thursday, after a 12-man jury found him guilty of all charges after 50 hours of deliberations.Patel did not speak at the trial where he was held guilty and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
Monty Panesar feels England would be making a mistake if they don't play the experienced Moeen Ali alongside left-arm spinner Jack Leach in the first Test against India, beginning in Chennai on Friday.
Shah Rukh had outgrown the roles that made him a star -- the menacing, obsessive lover in Darr, the regular guy in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na or the new age boyfriend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. By the time he entered his 50s, he was struggling to find his feet, explains Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The distraught parents of Dharun Ravi, sentenced for a month in prison for spying on his gay roommate, said he has suffered "enough" while the mother of his roommate who committed suicide said her family has never heard an apology from the Indian-origin young man.
I can actually say I know what it's like to be around someone who was literally a living legend, says film director Kabir Khan.
A girl, kidnapped almost nine years ago from the Gilbert area of Mumbai's Andheri, was reunited with her family on Friday in Mumbai.
The 10-km stretch between Mannargudi and Thulasenthirapuram-Painganadu villages in Tiruvarur district is lined with huge digital banners carrying the photo of Kamala Harris.
An Indian-origin boy convicted of a hate crime for spying on his gay roommate, who later committed suicide, has said he acted in an immature manner when he watched the fellow student's sexual encounter with another man on a webcam, but insisted that he had not intimidated him. Dharun Ravi, 20, had been found guilty by a jury of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy charges after a three-week long trial. He could face up to 10 years in prison and eventual deportation.
Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai recently.
If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
It was heartening to see so many women -- young and old, many in hijab and burqa shaking their bodies, raising their arms and singing with complete abandonment.
Deepa Gahlot lists 10 gangster thrillers on OTT for those who have the stomach for gaalis and gore.
The passenger looked suspicious to Central Industrial Security Force officials on frisking duty as he expressed his inability to stand up from the wheelchair and was evading eye contact with them, police said.
The Fijian-Indian-origin, a senior Islamic State recruiter and terror plot instigator, had been arrested in an unnamed Middle Eastern country.
Kartik Aaryan's version of Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will be different from its Telugu version.
India is experiencing its worst heat wave in 122 years.
You'll need extra eyes for the amount of OTT content available this week. Sukanya Verma invites you to take your pick.
Indian Ambassador to United States S Jaishankar listened to the concerns raised by Indian Americans during his first visit West Coast. He also visited leading corporations like Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks during his trip. Ritu Jha reports.
HINDRAF President P Wytha Moorthy speaks about how Malaysian citizens of Indian origin are treated in Muslim-dominated Malaysia, and recounts the incidents: Temples trashed, married women forced to get Islamised, Hindus buried as Muslims, and doors closed for employment and business opportunities.
'Things started to get a bit more real when my classes were moved online -- for the first time in my school experience -- for two weeks.' 'Then four weeks. Then two months.'
India's 3000m steeplechase record holder Avinash Sable bettered the National 5000m record at the Sound Running Track Meet at San Juan Capistrano, California on Friday.
As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year old man and a literary treasure, wonders Subhash K Jha.
Ajay Devgn, not Karthi, will be playing the lead in the Hindi remake of Kaithi entitled Bholaa.
'I was wondering whether I would ever come out alive.'
The petitioner said that he and the "victim" engaged in consensual sex and there is nothing on record to show the use of force and the FIR was registered only at the behest of the girl's family.
'When I was staying in Teen Batti (in south Mumbai), I had one washroom and we were 10 people. Today I have three washrooms and I am the only one using all of them. Can you see the quantum leap that I have taken in life?' Jackie Shroff gets candid.
The man suspected of murdering the Sydney dentist Preethi Reddy, whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase in her car parked in an eastern Sydney street, New South Wales, is another Indian-origin dentist and her ex-boyfriend Harsh Narde, police said.
A 30-year old Indian-American man, who was set to tie the knot next month, died in a tragic boat accident near the Statue of Liberty while on a holiday.
Will Laal Singh Chaddha do justice to its Hollywood original's cult status, wonders Namrata Thakker.
Police have identified the suspect as 28-year-old Usman Khan, inspired by the ideology of Al Qaeda terror group, was previously sentenced to 16 years in prison term for his role in the London Stock Exchange bombing in 1990.
Since open-air cremations anywhere outside a crematorium have been prohibited in Britain under the 1902 Cremation Act, many Indian-origin families in Britain take bodies of their deceased relatives to India for cremation according to Hindu rites. Ghai has been campaigning for the right to be cremated according to his Hindu beliefs for several years and sought legal redress.
The elegant architecture, tree-lined roads, delightful gardens, delicious food, art and military history make Chandigarh an ideal short-trip destination.
Thirty-four years after he traveled to space, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih that he looks forward to Gaganyan, India's first manned space mission in 2022.
'And Joshimath has already shown the dangers ahead.' 'We have to acknowledge that our mountains are still young babies.' 'You don't put an extra load on the back of a growing child!'
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
The bomb threat to the Indian embassy here was made by a caller from the western United States city of Utah by a man speaking in 'Hinglish', indicating that he was apparently of South Asian origin, sources said on Wednesday.
Jaswinder Singh Sekhon, 27, now a Finnish national, used 200 stolen credit card numbers to defraud Wells Fargo Bank of $ 500,000.
'Switching loyalty from one party to another is completely unfair as it devalues my vote.'
