Lax enforcement has led to Indian weightlifters regularly testing positive for banned substances.
20 September 2010We couldn’t prise the patented haleem recipe of out of anyone’s lips. But here’s a version
17 September 2010“Some clients are delusional about their personality and looks, and get offended when we match them with similar people.”
09 September 2010Wayne Rooney’s romp with a prostitute while his wife was pregnant is the latest in an indeterminably long line of marital indiscretions by high-profile football players.
09 September 2010Priyanka Verma was forced to go into hiding with her husband Ujjwal after her uncles ordered her ‘honour killing’ for marrying outside her community. The couple have been on the run for nearly six months now, constantly shifting cities and hotels to avoid being hunted down. Out of money and exhausted living the life of a fugitive, Priyanka says she’ll not live in fear anymore.
08 September 2010No other sting operation or investigation of its kind has managed to nail cricket’s cheats so conclusively.
02 September 2010The 12-million-bikes-a-year Indian market shows no signs of cooling, and as the market leader, Hero Honda is well placed to flourish in a country with rising rural incomes.
02 September 2010“Many people who have eaten Sanjeev Kapoor’s food aren’t impressed. But the man can rake in TRPs and sell books.”
02 September 2010A year after completing school, Magdalene Polton, the daughter of a rich landowner in Bengal, became the second nun to join Mother Teresa in her mission to serve the sick and the poor. Now, at 82, Sister Gertrude, as she came to be called, is the only surviving member of this original group. She recalls the early days when they would beg each day for the poor, but struggle to feed themselves, surviving solely on the strength of prayer.
01 September 2010Membership is kept open for 30 days in a state or union territory.
30 August 2010Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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