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Naseeruddin Shah relives his association with the world her mind had created—liberal and rebellious, compassionate and courageous

Pakistan’s death penalty, initially reserved only for terror convicts, was extended to all capital crimes in March 2015

Dozing does not just protect what we store for recall later, it also eases our retrieval of it

The count of dogbite cases has gone up from 1,600 in 2014 to 40,000 in just the past eight months, with most victims being joggers and minors

Our favourite songs can reveal the way our brains work

The advertising agency Lowe Lintas upped the budget from a planned Rs 4.02 crore to sign Bachchan on for Rs 6.31 crore to promote DD Kisan

More sex does not necessarily spell more happiness. It can make people feel worse

State governments merely dole out compensation packages, apologies on Twitter and press conferences and empty promises of corrective measures

Some people can age three years in a single year

Most ‘oldest living persons’ happen to be residents of Japan, which at last count was home to over 58,000 people aged over 100