For the people manning the existing monetary policy regime, a Sovereign Wealth Fund is attractive because it alleviates one criticism: the cost of holding gigantic reserves. It helps RBI to delay RBI reform; to perpetuate the monetary policy regime of a...

Barack Obama has urged US President George W Bush to consider a boycott of the opening of the Beijing Olympics unless China’s rights record improves.

The Democratic presidential hopeful made his call a day after a similar appeal by his rival, Hillary...

Given the historical context of the unrest in Tibet, there is reason to believe Beijing was caught on the hop with the recent demonstrations for the simple reason that their planning took place outside of Tibet and that the direction of the protesters is...

When you accuse children of sexual harassment, you are scarring them for life! That’s exactly what some schools in the US are doing!

Randy Castro is an aspiring soccer player. Randy Castro is an accomplished Lego architect. Randy Castro is a Royal...

Germany’s celebrity polar bear Knut has triggered a new controversy by fishing out 10 live carp from his moat and killing them in front of visitors.

Critics say Berlin Zoo should not have put live fish inside Knut’s enclosure. But German media...

Should Aamir Khan run with the torch? Or shouldn’t he?

A lot can be said of Aamir Khan’s rather ingeniously hypocritical blog-post where he basically repeats the done-to-death moral equivalence of Kashmir, Palestine, Tibet and all the “human...

They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.

A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed...

According to urban legend, A K Hangal, also known as the great grandfather of the nation, is the reverse Peter Pan. If Peter Pan was the boy who never grew old, AK Hangal is the old man who was never ever young.

That’s because for almost 40 years...

Doctors have long understood the impact of grief on one’s health. Now, a new study has revealed how fragile a broken heart can really be.

“John” - not his real name - is a former agent of Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, who claims he fled the country after being forced to kill a man by drowning him in a cement-filled trunk.