'All these people want is a secure home where they can live and earn in peace.'Geetanjali Krishna reports. The tiny whitewashed temple rises up in the desert, its red pennant fluttering in the sky,......
This week’s collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world. 1) This ain’t no super glue commercial A woman has been left with hair extensions stuck to her head......
A number of studies and statistics prove that marital rape is a reality in India. But laws that do not acknowledge this are another reality that a large number of married women are forced to live......
Purvi Patel is the first woman in America to be sentenced to prison for foeticide. Chaya Babu/Rediff.com reports on the verdict and the ripples of shock and fear it set off. Purvi Patel, who was......
Sikh children in American schools have been subject to physical and racial abuses with fellow students calling them 'Bin Laden' or 'terrorist', according to a new survey. Sikh children shared......
The proposed changes to the child labour law to allow children and adolescents to work for their families would be most retrograde and regressive, say Shinzani Jain and Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.......
The US has started accepting petition for the much sought H-1B work visas, amid fear from industry experts and officials that the Congressional mandated quota of 65,000 might get filled up in the......
Gem & Jewellery industry in India is one of the fastest growing sectors in India with an annual growth rate of 15%. India is also emerging as the world's largest trading center for gold targeting......
For the second year in a row, engineer is the hardest job to fill in America. Why are engineers so hard to find? "We have whole generations of people loving liberal arts, not going into science......
In the post-Cold War period, researchers have long wondered why some countries befriend the US. They have noted some common characteristics of US friends - cultural affinity, urban dominance, level......
Reckon India does not have what it takes to produce a Wimbledon winner, an Olympic champion?The Brandenton, Florida-based IMG Academies, arguably the best-known multi-sport training facility in the......