When it comes to political benefits, the Modi mantra is simple: If you can't convince them, communalise them.

"I intend to live forever, or die trying."

When Chinese leaders convene this week for a four-day meeting on the future of the country's economy, the biggest news might have to do with babies. According to reports in Chinese media, the government may be ready to relax the notorious "one-child" policy, in existence since the late 1970s, and allow Chinese parents to have two kids.

Some immigrant parents use their native languages to be free to say exactly what they're thinking - all the time.

He is proving himself a leader of not just state relevance but of national importance.

We need first-rate judges - because they are the final word in a democracy. Many top-notch lawyers would be willing to accept judicial positions if they were better compensated than they are today.

For a century, the American Cancer Society has held up "early detection" of breast and other cancers as its mantra. Once, this made sense.

Many in the RSS believe that RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat has killed two birds with the same stone. By embarrassing the party with his comments on reservation, he has sent a strong signal to Amit Shah whose arrogance is being much talked about and who has kept several RSS leaders at bay in decision-making.

The writers and artists who have returned their awards to protest a few murders allegedly by the Hindu right: what will they do when things get much worse?

How can a serving Police Commissioner make a public statement disrespecting a democratically elected Chief Minister?

"Land so barren and mountains so high that only the best of friends or worst of enemies come and visit us."

I am appalled when I meet people in Delhi who say they have not ridden the metro yet. It is even more bewildering when the same people come back from a holiday abroad and talk about having used metros and trams on their trip.

This week, Playboy announced its latest move to save the magazine's economic future: putting clothes on its models. The images of nude women in alluring poses will be a thing of the past - and for me, Miss September 1963, and many Playboy fans, its passing will be mourned to some extent. But it will also elevate the Playmate to a more dignified and...

When silence was not an option, you chose to remain silent and have kept silent for over a decade. The passage of years does not take away from the pogrom you have never found fit to deplore and make amends for.

If the spate of Award-wapsi is a 'motivated protest' by persons who have been patronized by the Congress or the Left, that would be as true of the scientists. Why then have few, if any, scientists protested publicly?