Take Benefit of govt plans: FM to women

New Delhi: Union Finance and Corporate Minister...

District hospitals’ Sakhi Centres empower women

Chandigarh: In a case highlighting the crucial...

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Fighting zealots, zeroing in on universalism

Faiza Butt works at the crossroads of Islam, feminism, and post-colonialism; big words, these, and loaded to some extent. Butt grew up in a...

In representations of terror, Bollywood finds nuance

Q. What made you choose this topic to study?A. I had completed an MPhil thesis on the coverage of the 2002 Gujarat riots by...

This will go on, unless we examine our attitudes towards sex and feminity

How do I explain what it is like to be painfully aware of every movement your body makes? To be aware that you can't...

How To Escape The Taliban In Seven Easy Steps

"WOMEN SHOULDONLY BE SEENIN THE HOME AND INTHE GRAVE"Thus reads a giant notice on a wall in the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue...

Book Review: An honest but inadequate attempt to flesh out GB Road

There's an undying curiosity about sex work. We have seen movies where a prostitute is a central figure. People have reported conversations with what...

A tale of tattoo artists and tattoo-wallahs

The stairs leading up to RIP Tattoos (as I find out later, the acronym stands for 'Rage Ink Plague') are decked up with the...

Hashmi lives on in Delhi’s heart and mind

It's been 24 years since Safdar Hashmi, renowned street performer and CPI(M) member, was brutally murdered while performing the play Halla Bol on the...

A magical mystery tour of Theo Ellsworth’s brain

Capacity (2010)Writer/ Artist: Theo EllsworthTheo Ellsworth is a self-taught artist, and once you look at his rather idiosyncratic drawings, there's much to be said for...

Call Me… was first a slow jam

To be able to attach adjectives like unforgettable, thoughtful and ingenious will be difficult for Carly Rae Jepsen's pop sensation, Call me Maybe. But...

With You, For You, Unless You’re a Woman

If 2011 ended with images of the "blue bra girl" from Tahrir square – beaten by the police such that her black abaya had...

Exorcising experiences of alienation and difference

As people gathered day after day at Jantar Mantar and India Gate over the past two weeks to protest against the recent gang rape...

Cocking a snook at sexism and fighting for the right to exist

Little did MLA Abhijit Mukherjee imagine that such an outcry will follow his opinion about how the recent protests against rape in Delhi were...

Google hits Chandni Chowk, gets businesses online

Built in the 17th Century by Emperor Shah Jahan, Chandni Chowk is one of Delhi's oldest and busiest market places, characterised by cramped as...

Drop the false pretences, read and speak freely

A diary is kept secret, until the day it decides to reveal itself. Being anonymous provides one solace. Not so much because of societal...

The future made palatable and easy to understand

"We come from the Future", boasts the masthead of this minimalist, cleanly-designed website. iO9 is a daily publication, dedicated to the coverage of science,...

The Internet Acid Attack

When I was seventeen, at an age that most of the girls around me had a "crush" on someone who they could admire from...

China legalises post deletion

China unveiled tighter Internet controls on Friday, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information and requiring service...

Old-style time travel in 2D

Developer: Daedalic EntertainmentPublisher: Daedalic EntertainmentGenre: AdventurePrice: Rs. 544 for PC via SteamBefore spanning landscapes, Havok physics and graphic novel adaptations; before the multitude of...

Tarantino Unchained: Reinterpreting slavery as only the master can

This column's word limit doesn't leave room for a rundown of all things cinematically worthwhile in 2012. It was a heartening year for the...

Sunny Leone drives Delhi

Bollywood actress Sunny Leone performed in a debut dance diva avatar at the Crystal Ballroom, as part of the Studio 169's New Year bash,...

Vintage collaborates with DTC diamonds

Many dream of a perfect wedding, maybe for themselves or for their loved ones. After all, weddings involve memories which stay for a lifetime...

Masquerade party raised spirits for 2013

Masquerade parties were the theme for most New Year events in Delhi this year. While women got to the streets at night 'dented and...

Dough rising? Searching for artisan bread in Dilli

Delhi is always ready to embrace new trends – be it Sushi, Lebanese or Thai food. But bread, the stuff of life, is yet...

Cookbook author launches book store

Michelin Star Chef Vikas Khanna launched Om Book Shop's flagship store last week at Ambience Mall, Gurgaon. Om already has eight outlets across the...

Centre mulls AFSPA repeal

The UPA is all set to take another look at the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), armed with a devastating critique of...

NRIs not yet ready to give satisfaction certificate to Punjab

American standards of feedback-driven services have started to haunt the Punjab government even as it seeks investments from Non-Resident Indians. NRIs from North America...

Dilip, Saira in Saudi for Umrah

One of the icons of 20th century cinema, Muhammad Yousuf Khan — the man whose screen-name Dilip Kumar became synonymous with the Indian movie...

Apple smart watch will be the gadget to own in 2013

Apple may be getting ready to launch a Bluetooth enabled smart watch, which will allow you to send emails and text messages. International media...

MPs owe water, electricity dues

More than 800 parliamentarians, including current, former and deceased, have not cleared their electricity and water payments, worth Rs 6 cr, due to the...

Miandad was not on visa negative list

The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad was granted a visa to visit India as he does not...

Have a plastic box? Store God particle

The members of two Hindu right-wing groups, Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Janajagruti Samiti have come up with the most absurd claim: they have discovered...

Centre upset with J&K over spending of funds

The central government is said to be upset with dismal performance of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government regarding the utilisation of allocated funds for...

More defence attaches likely for missions

The Prime Minister's Office and the National Security Adviser have asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to give its comments on having more...

Kashi Vishwanath temple will get a golden makeover

Devotees visiting the historic Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi will no longer have to jostle for space when they walk through the narrow lanes...

CBI wants to grill Julka on truck scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the permission of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to question Bimal Julka over the alleged irregularities...

‘Removing Singh’s security was vendetta’

Ex-servicemen have taken strong exception to the manner in which former Army chief V.K. Singh's Z-security cover was withdrawn by the UPA government last...

Anger against vulgar songs forces Punjab to act

The Punjab government is considering setting up a mechanism to check the increased trend of vulgar songs being sung by some popular singers. There...

Girl students cross ‘red light’ to attend school

As the Delhi gang rape episode unfurled in the capital, the staff of the Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School were worried that the first...

J&K Cabinet rejig delayed

The ruling National Conference and Congress in Jammu and Kashmir have decided not to go for a Cabinet reshuffle in the immediate future. Congress...

70% Delhi policewomen on desk duty

The Delhi police has a total of 6,500 women personnel in a force of 83,000. Out of this 6,500, 4,500, that is 70% of...

Three years on, AIIMS yet to get air ambulances

Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the country's biggest government hospital, is yet to get its air ambulance facility, three years after...

Activists question Bhagwat’s remarks

Social scientists and activists have questioned Rashtriya Swamamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement that rural areas have fewer rape cases than urban areas.Bhagwat...

Tihar inmates bash up rape accused

Tihar jail authorities are keeping a close eye on the five accused in the Delhi gang rape case after they were bashed up by...

Police fails to curb Maoists’ opium trade

At least three Maoist groups have taken to opium cultivation and trading in parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. They have been taking advances running...

‘An inspector tried to kill me for RTI application’

Andhra Pradesh RTI activist Natukula Srinivasa Rao, who was poisoned by unidentified miscreants last Sunday, has alleged that his attackers were hired by a...

Saudi students turn to India for education

Saif M. Al-Harithy is a 23-year-old Saudi who works as a manager at a real estate firm. The company has a substantial Saudi work...

Online matrimony fraud keeps private eyes busy

Delhi-based fashion designer Samita Rai (name changed) found her dream man on a matrimony website. Her prospective life partner was a good-looking Mumbai-based IT...

Karachi’s Pakhtun areas under Taliban control

On a mid-November day, factory worker Ghulam Shabbir was shot dead on the road adjacent to Manghopir Hills in north-western Karachi. The motorcycle he...

All is not ‘theek hain’ for PM adviser Pachauri

Pankaj Pachauri is in major trouble. The communication adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had organised the telecast of Dr Singh's infamous "theek hai"...

Minor heads roll

Three Doordarshan engineers and two lighting assistants, all small fries, were suspended by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after the Prime Minister "theek...

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