It is a Sunday afternoon as Kolkata Polo 2010 (17-25 December) gets underway. The murmur of the crowd dwindles to near silence as the horses canter to the centre of
On 26 January, two Indians were arrested with a large amount of cash, which led to the raid on the residential premise of the Karmapa at Gyuto near Dharamsala. The
George Orwell's potent rejection of censorship originated with the conflict between his wartime experience as propagandist to the Empire and his conviction that colonialism was responsible for hunger in British India.
Wherever you are on the planet, head towards the nearest large metropolis or holiday destination, and it is likely a short wait for the next 'international' film festival.
Ten years ago, insurgents ambushed an Assam Rifles convoy in the northeastern state of Manipur, India. The Assam Rifles, a paramilitary organisation, in retaliation shot dead ten civilians who were
'Somebody has to stand up,' Salmaan Taseer had responded in a television interview last December after being reminded that challenging Pakistan's strong and powerful rightwing Islamists
