It's more fasting than feasting this Ramzan in city of Nawabs

Iftar parties for 'rozedars' in the city of Nawabs no longer conjure up the image of mouth-watering galouti kebabs with the aroma of lip-smacking biryani wafting all over. IMAGE: A view of a......

Breaking a hunger strike, Israeli style

Israeli prison officials are planning to cook succulent barbecues and aromatic breads outside cells to tempt hundreds of Palestinian inmates on a hunger strike into breaking their resolve. Platters......

'Dharmashastras are the most vocal defenders of caste'

'Hindus are proud of what the Dharmashastras symbolise, but they don't want to do any work to preserve it!,' Sanskrit scholar Donald Davis tells Kanika Dutta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......