Firebrand British writer who baited Mother Teresa dead

British writer and iconoclastic Christopher Hitchens who courted controversy by branding late Nobel laureate Mother Teresa "a fanatic and fraud" has died after a battle against cancer. A firebrand......

Modi In Varanasi: Festive Saffron Fervour

Utkarsh Mishra's impressions of the Narendra Modi roadshow in Varanasi. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi undertakes a roadshow in Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, May......

Subramanian Swamy backs Yogi Adityanath's attack on Mother Teresa

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday extended support to his party MP Yogi Adityanath, who accused Mother Teresa of being part of a 'conspiracy to Christianise India',......

Why Israel is like Pakistan

'Christopher Hitchens asked which State Israel had most in common with -- and then answered his own question, saying "Pakistan".''They were both, he explained "confessional States": Founded to......

Omerta review: A lean, brutal masterpiece

'Omerta is a work of true moral force; it is, at the risk of sounding fancy, a motion picture for our times,' says Sreehari Nair. On a pleasant evening not that long ago, a few cinephile friends......