'If we were to change the name of our country officially and become a Hindu Rashtra, will the treatment of Muslims change?' asks Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Security personnel outside the Gyanvapi masjid.......
Photograph: Wikimedia Commons Indian nun Mariam Thresia and four others were declared Saints by Pope Francis at a grand ceremony at the Vatican City on Sunday. Mariam Thresia, who founded the......
The royal couple chose a modern touch to their marriage ceremony. All the stars at Harry-Meghan's wedding THE ROYAL WEDDING: Full coverage IMAGE: Prince Harry and Meghan's kiss sparked huge......
The senior-most clergymen of the Anglican Church, the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Saturday disclosed that he has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston......
The Church of England on Monday ended centuries of male domination with the consecration of its first woman bishop who described it as a “profound and remarkable moment”.......
Good intentions are best left to political parties, governments and religious establishments, suggests T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Here's a problem: If......
But for the tsunami, the four Sumatrans whom an Indian coast guard vessel rescued near Great Nicobar's Campbell Bay would have been arrested and thrown into jail. The wrath of wind and wave had......
Every Christmas is a sharp reminder of Goldsmith's lines in She Stoops to Conquer about the indigent world being clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.Yet, in spite of abhorrent consumerism,......
The Oscar 1, Oscar 2, Oscar 3, Oscar 4 and Oscar 5 quizzes have been fun, haven't they? Here's one more to sink your teeth into. 1. Colin Firth, the front-runner for this year's......
For the three or four among you who haven't heard of Dan Brown, his novel Da Vinci Code, or the controversy surrounding the film set to release in India this week, a quick primer.>Da Vinci Code:......
IMAGE: India's Amit Panghal in action against Colombia's Yuberjen Martinez Rivas in the Olympics boxing men's flyweight last 16 bout, at Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo, on Saturday. Photograph: Ueslei......
'Forgiveness is difficult as not everyone wants to give it' IMAGE: An emotional Steve Smith, the former Australian Test Cricket Captain, fronts the media at Sydney International Airport.......
The Vatican officially declared its intention to defeat the Church of England on Tuesday - not in a theological re-match nearly 500 years after they split, but on the cricket pitch.The challenge......