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Jimmy Carter's India Connection

Lillian Carter, a trained nurse and a Peace Corps worker, spent two years of her life, when she was in her late 60s, serving the poor in India, in the 1960s. She was posted as a volunteer to......

Biden stumbles in first presidential debate with Trump

Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled in his first televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether......

Kerala family of 4 found dead in US home, police suspect murder-suicide

An Indian-origin family, including their 4-year-old twin boys, has been found dead at their home in California with the police investigating the case as a murder-suicide, in the latest in a string......

'Our community has lost a giant'

Urvashi Vaid dreamed of a common movement for social justice that could address them all: Racism, gender oppression and homophobia.Sandip Roy salutes the memory of Urvashi Vaid, one of America's......

True villain is the Indian law, says Wendy Doniger

American Indologist Wendy Doniger whose book The Hindus: An Alternative History was withdrawn following objections that it hurt sentiments of Hindus is "angry and disappointed" over the development......

Everything you want to know about limitations of Apple IDs

You succumb and buy your kids "Let it Go" on iTunes to play over and over on your phone - but are you thinking about what happens when they get their own devices? Even though you bought and own it,......

We should kick out the RBI governor: Subramanian Swamy

'People who come from IMF-World Bank backgrounds have no dynamism at all,' Subramanian Swamy said. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday suggested that Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan......

The house of textbooks

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports on the ongoing battle for the top spot between publishers S Chand and Navneet. IMAGE: Both S Chand and Navneet don’t rule out more acquisitions. And both......

Indian activist drums support for Occupy Wall Street

The venues and festivals Sikh activist, children's educator, musician and essayist Sonny Singh has performed at include New York's Lincoln Center, the Chicago World Music Festival, the Chicago Folk......

World's best metropolises: No Indian city in top 40!

How many Indian cities score high on the Global Cities Index? Well, none! Even as five of the world's 10 most global cities are in Asia and the Pacific -- Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, and......

'I am a people's actor'

'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'Jagdeepsaab, in a Rediff.com interview, 22 years ago. The twinkle has faded a little, the face is lined, but the voice is as nasal......

Meet the 10-year-old Indian star in Chicago

Brilliant Indian boy star Akash Chopra of the musical The Jungle Book, currently playing in Chicago, is being applauded for his rare talent. Arthur J Pais reports. He looks so cute and adorable as......

25 years of Pretty Woman!

Often hailed as one of the best romantic comedies of all time, Richard Gere and Julia Roberts starrer Pretty Woman has aged remarkably well. As the film turns 25 -- it was released on March 23,......

An American Hero comes knocking

In decades past, Indian-origin actors in Hollywood were relegated to narrowly-defined, cliched roles like nerdy doctors, penny-pinching store owners and the occasional terrorist. And while that......

'It is like Brad Pitt being strip-searched here'

'Shocking', 'disgraceful' and 'madness' is how Bollywood on Saturday described the treatment meted out to actor Shah Rukh Khan, who was detained and interrogated for two hours at a United States......

Nike shuts down Oregon Project after ban of coach

IMAGE: The Nike Oregon Project (NOP) was a camp designed primarily to develop US endurance athletes and Salazar, a celebrated distance runner who had won three consecutive New York City marathons......

Can you guess which athletes rocked the Time most influential list?

Brady, Kaepernick named to Time most influential list IMAGE: Model Gisele Bundchen and her husband, NFL football player Tom Brady. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters New England Patriots......

Grocery store chain must pay $8.9 million to basketball star Jordan

Michael Jordan. Photograph: Jordan Brand via Getty Images A jury awarded retired basketball player Michael Jordan $8.9 million in his lawsuit against a grocery store chain that used his name in a......

Top 15 Best Paid Sports Teams in the World

English Premier League side Manchester City leads a list of best paid sports team in the world, according to a new study. The Global Sports Salaries Survey 2014, compiled by......

Knicks rated most valuable team again

The New York Knicks are the most valuable professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association for the fourth consecutive year, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday. The Knicks'......

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