The second rung of the Congress party, where there is much jostling for power, is the origin of some of the most ridiculous political spin in recent times

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The first act of Amar Chitra Katha’s rescue is over. The brand has survived. But Act Two will be tricky

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Sinam Ongbi Chandrajini lost children in a massacre in Malom in 2000. It was the horror of this incident that led Irom Sharmila to begin her fast against AFSPA

A Hindu devotional song calls out to Facebookers seen as sinners in need of redemption

God’s gift to the Congress

Nawaz Sharif’s party won a near majority in Pakistan’s National Assembly. But it was Imran Khan’s campaign that animated the polls

How burning garbage and indiscriminate quarrying on the coast could spell the death of the Andaman Islands