She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
Controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu's son Narayan Sai has "more or less" accepted the rape allegations levelled against him by a woman, police claimed in Surat on Wednesday.
Aparna Kumar fought pneumonia and extreme weather conditions to make history.
'Washington's silence about India's Article 370 move tells us all we need to know: It doesn't want to rock the boat of a relationship that has navigated some choppy waters but remains a highly important one.'
Unless you are a fresher, you should not circulate a generic CV for all openings, says Achin Bhattacharyya.
#Not In My Name, said ordinary citizens, as they took to the streets to reclaim the India they believed in.
'Amit Shah and his fellow travellers need to realise that India was divided because of competitive communalism of forces like Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League, prodded, aided and abetted by the colonial power,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
'Kids like something when it is interesting, focused, and offers scope for self-exploration.' 'We teach them how to learn, not force them,' Byju Raveendran tells Bibhu Ranjan Mishra.
'No amount of digression can hide deflect the fact that the PM's visit was badly conceived, planned and executed,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Jaishankar said that the situation in the region has now stabilised and lots of restrictions have been rolled back including the operationalising of landlines and mobile towers and resumption of economic activity.
Efforts continued to trace Dera chief's adopted daughter Honeypreet Insan.
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Whatever the ideologies of our leader are, the end result should be nothing more than well being of our fellow citizens, says Khemchand H Sakaldeepi and Nupur Pavan Bang.
Harish Kapadia is the only Indian to win mountaineering's most prestigious award.
Trump is the first nominee of a major party in over a century to have no experience whatsoever of any political, administrative or military office.
I fear for our collective inability to wrestle the plague of rape in this nation, says Prathmesh Kher.
Raj Sheth stood first in the country by scoring 630 marks out of 800 in the final CA exams.
Nervous about your first kiss? Keep these pointers in mind.
'India is the largest stomping ground in the world for impact investing as we have an extraordinary combination of entrepreneurial drive with huge, absolute demand for all kinds of social services,' IDFC First Bank's chief Rajiv Lall tells Anjuli Bhargava.
'On the one hand it will appeal to pan-Hindu sentiment and on the other opposition to it could well strengthen support for the BJP among Hindu voters.'
After losing seven successive finals, PV Sindhu finally redeemed herself with the gold medal at the World Tour Finals.
While his father has often been quoted on tips for investing, Buffett junior's focus is on spreading the word about both self-improvement and ways in which to make a positive difference in the world - with a special focus on solving hunger.
'When corporates have a stake in the government through contributions to political parties, democracy, which is supposed to work for the common man, doesn't.'
The people of the nation co-operated and patiently waited for the government's promised "ache din", and now they want their just rewards, says Adhil Shetty.
'My grandmother taking me to the jamatkhana was like a different world.' 'Like I had a key to a door which no one else seemed to have.' 'She doesn't take me anymore because she says I'm an embarrassment!'
Virender Kapoor's latest book discusses the Twelve Essential Abilities of Extraordinary People based on their star signs.
In a recent chat with readers, Utkarsh Rai, author of Faster, Smarter, Higher, addressed queries on how employees can deal with their bosses.
The babas' vote banks and the politicians' greed for en bloc votes, is the curse of Punjab and Haryana.
And the way to a cure begins with conversation.
Trump's transition team spokesman Sean Spicer listed Haley as one of the candidates.
From Dindigul to Google and Chennai, this entrepreneur has travelled a full circle riding on English
'What made him different was that he was not a banker at all by temperament.' 'He was a businessman, a typical lalaji at that.' 'He had to win at any cost.'
Secret Superstar's cheerful, feel-good imagery of a rotten reality reflects a young adult's hopeful perspective yet to be crushed by the weight of cynicism, says Sukanya Verma.
Each story in the book will motivate you to find critical answers to questions that most of us face in professional and personal lives.
'By the time he gets done, he'll not only be the best player of his generation, but the best ever.' 'It'll take another 100 years for someone to break his records.'
John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to prevent the British from annexing her kingdom of Jhansi. Rediff.com's Archana Masih on a maverick Aussie who spent 22 years in India and became a friend in its dark days of bondage.
Yogacharya Shameem Akthar tells you how to start 2016 on a healthy note.
People were being honoured without a recommendation, he stressed in his monthly radio programme.
The EC limits campaign expenses incurred by a candidate to Rs 50 lakh to Rs 70 lakh. But there is no such limit on spending for parties. The vendors aren't complaining.
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