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Sehwag supports Pak skipper Sarfaraz and appeals to #StopColonialMindset
Pakistan cricket team players were and are always mocked for not being eloquent in English. The Internet is flooded with memes and videos of Pak players stammering and speaking grammatically incorrect English in after-match…
Kochi metro was started by Manmohan Singh but BJP claims PM Modi made it a reality
PM Modi and the BJP are time and again accused by the opposition for repackaging old schemes and claiming full credit for themselves for the work by their predecessor regimes, and at the same time blaming Congress for 60 years of…
In a double first, Serbia choses its first woman prime minister who is also gay
Serbia, a central European nation in the Balkans which was earlier a part of erstwhile Yugoslavia, has elected its first woman prime minister who is also a gay. It is a double first.
Ana Brnabic, 41, became the first gay…
52-years-old Indian man returns from Saudi after 23 years in desert
There are many poignant stories of people who went abroad in search of greener pastures, but they were duped by their employers and mistreated for years. Many of them are never able to escape those places and are forced to work for…
This sketch by a 10 year old led to the conviction of her rapist
Indian judiciary is pockmarked by a number of landmark judgments that have belied all assumptions and preconceived notions about the way things work in the judicature. One such instance has come on to the fore recently wherein a judge…
Bajrang Sena wants ban on the sale of Kamasutra books inside Khajuraho temple
Activists of a right-wing Hindu organization known as Bajrang Sena wants a ban on Kamasutra books being sold in the Khajuraho premises. This is ironical in itself, given that Khajuraho, a UNESCO world heritage site, is a celebration of…
Behead those who eat Cow meat: Sadhvi Saraswati
It is not that inflammatory and venomous communal statements coming from Hindutva firebrand politicians or activists are anything but surprising. They often outdo themselves in the divisiveness, vitriol and hatred.
This time a…
Airlift 2.0: This Qatar businessman plans to fly 4,000 cows for all the right reasons
After Akshay Kumar's blockbuster movie Airlift which was based on Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, we now have an Airlift 2.0. And those who are being airlifted are not humans stranded in crisis but 4,000 cows. We are sure the Gaurakshaks too…
This viral graduation speech by a Sikh student at UC Berkeley is a must watch for everyone
Valedictory graduation speech of the University of California, Berkeley's, Haas School of Business student, Angad Singh, has gone viral on the internet.
In the 10 minute, speech Angad talks about the American dream, his…
Bizarre: Snake bites man in Bihar, man bites his wife
There are many tales of eternal romance, till death do us apart, united even in the hour of death, or transcending time and space to be with the beloved. It has been further glamorized by novels and movies where lovebirds who are not…