'Saving face' may be a term usually associated with Chinese cultural norms, but it is an omnipresent feature of desi culture too.

Adjacent to South Bombay's trendy new sky scrapers and mill-converted-shopping-malls is a Jewish cemetery.

In the last few weeks I've stopped reading two blogs, who at first dazzled me with their intellect. One of them was due to the hate-filled and vitriolic response to today's bomb blasts in New Delhi.

Despite this BBC article about the recent indictment in the nine year old Delhi hit and run case ...

Released by the BBC World Service Trust, this ringtone (which repeat

The Times of India was delivered to our doorstep daily, and I remember being amazed at how many obvious, subtle, and also nuanced messages R.K.

Like every other public service, the Indian legal system creaks to keep up with the needs of the populace. Which could explain why it selectively chooses to prioritise some cases.

Anita Jain's book "Marrying Anita: A Quest for Love in the New India" has just been released, and her agent deserves a pay rise.

This year's Booker longlist has just been announced, with an strong contingenet from the Subcontintent: