Three South Asians win Rhodes scholarship

Three South Asians -- Ian Desai, Swati Mylavarapu and Kazi Sabeel Rahman -- from the United States have been awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this year.In between pursuing ancient studies......

3 Indian students chosen for Rhodes scholarship

Shayak Sarkar, who has served as the treasurer of the Phillips Brooks House, the centre for service and activism at Harvard and managed an annual budget of over $1 million and also served as a......

Four Indian Americans among 32 Rhodes scholars

"Did bhangra help me get the Rhodes scholarship," asks Parvinda S Thiara, a Harvard senior majoring in chemistry, who has just been named as one of 32 Americans to receive the highly coveted Rhodes......

Trump picks Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ginsberg in US Supreme Court

United States President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court to fill up the vacancy following the death of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg. IMAGE: US President Donald......

Shyam Benegal: The Girish Karnad I Knew

'He had a continuing interest in life, people, and the society in which he lived,' remembers Shyam Benegal, who collaborated with the polyglot playwright and actor through the 1970s and remained......

Oberoi basks in Oxford glory

Salil Oberoi. The name may not set bells ringing but it sure looks on course of becoming quite popular in the days to come.The promise and potential of this 21-year-old Delhi boy, who has made......