Why do we honour Ashoka and not Tipu?

'Ashoka the Great did not slaughter foreigners or Muslims when he conquered Kalinga. It was Oriya-speaking Hindus whom he butchered by the tens of thousands. But Ashoka is called Great, and his......

'My izzat is more important than the Rs 1,700 I stand to gain'

'My appeal to ex-servicemen,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd), 'is please do not demean yourself and bring our izzat down to the levels of militant trade unionism of the banks or airline variety!......

'The themes of my novel are universal'

Debutante novelist Kamala Nair speaks to Arthur J Pais  In Kamala Nair's engaging novel The Girl in the Garden, a young woman unsure of her engagement is revisiting the events of a childhood......