‘Tolerance is the foundation of the idea that is India’

‘Tolerance is the foundation of the idea that is India’: From the Romesh Thapar episode of the early 1950s to the Salman Rushdie case of the late 1980s to the Wendy Doniger brouhaha of recent vintage, independent India has had a chequered history when it co

Beyond the predictive text! GUPP: IGNORANCE+POWER= ENEMY OF JUSTICE!

Beyond the predictive text: A critique of rote learning is an educational cliché. Much has been written about it and almost every educator will passionately argue against it. However, the textbook still continues to be the holy

Fishermen ail in Pak. jails, wives write to PM for visa

Fishermen ail in Pak. jails, wives write to PM for visa: Worried over the health conditions of their spouses languishing in Pakistan jails, the wives of three Indian fishermen have requested to be granted visa to visit their husbands.
The three women — G

France restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women! GUPP:COVERING FACE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BY ALL DUE TO "TERROR ATTACK FEAR" AMONG OTHERS WHICH IS REASONABLE! THIS SITUATION WAS CREATED BY MANY TERROR ATTACKS!

France restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women: A restaurateur in a Paris suburb who apparently refused to serve two Muslim women sparked anger in France and called for protest, a media report said.A video, widely shared on social media, showed th

Support from Sanders boosts Indian-American’s campaign

Support from Sanders boosts Indian-American’s campaign: The day before he was to travel to his birthplace Kerala to join a medical college more than a decade ago, Peter Jacob told his parents:. “I am doing this for you. My mind is elsewhere.” His father,

Chennai a melting pot of communities!

Chennai a melting pot of communities: Discovering how many North Indian communities made Madras their home over decades and centuries requires a dramatic retelling of their past. Something behavioural scientist Anuradha Oberoi did with mu

Stray dog mauls four-year-old boy in Kollam!GUPP:SHAME TO KERALA! SHAME TO INDIA!

Stray dog mauls four-year-old boy in Kollam: A four-year-old boy from Maranad, near Kottarakara, is in the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College Hospital after being attacked by a stray dog about 11 a.m. on Wednesday while he was playin

Ramya won’t apologise, says she’s entitled to her view! GUPP: EVERY CITIEN IN EVERY COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITHOUT HUMILIATING/ INSULTING OTHERS!

Ramya won’t apologise, says she’s entitled to her view: Actor-turned-politician Ramya, facing a backlash for her comment that “Pakistan is not hell”, has said that she will not apologise for her statement and it is important not to yield to her detractors

Santhan to file defamation case against CBI official! GUPP: OH, SEE HOW THEY WORK IN INDIA..??? SHAME..!!! REFORM ALL SYSTEMS IN INDIA FROM "COLONIAL MENTALITY SYSTEM" TO MODERN/ EFFECTIVE/ COMPASSIONATE/CORRECT/ HR SYSTEM NOW!

Santhan to file defamation case against CBI official: A defamation case will be filed against former CBI official K. Ragothaman for spreading false information on ‘Chinna’ Santhan’s involvement in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, lawyer P. Pugalenthi

Rajiv Gandhi assassination cas: Nalini urges NCW to secure her release! GUPP: IN THE NAME OF MAHATHMA GANTHI & HINDU COMPASSION,RELEASE THEM ALL NOW! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Rajiv Gandhi assassination cas: Nalini urges NCW to secure her release: Nalini Sriharan, a life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has appealed to the National Commission for Women (NCW) to urge the Union government to exercise its power under Article 72 of t

Woman mauled to death by stray dogs in Thiruvananthapuram! GUPP: SHAME TO KERALA! SHAME TO INDIA! SHAME TO MODI JI! NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE!

Woman mauled to death by stray dogs in Thiruvananthapuram: A 65-year-old woman was mauled to death by a large pack of stray dogs at the Pulluvila suburban beach near Kanjiramkulam in the state capital. Siluvamma, a resident of the coastal belt, suffered dog

UNESCO denies reports on delisting of Sri Lankaֹ’s Golden Temple

UNESCO denies reports on delisting of Sri Lankaֹ’s Golden Temple: UNESCO has asserted that no reference was “ever made” to the delisting of the Golden Temple of Badulla, one of the eight World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka, during the recent visit of its Director-Gen

Fishermen in distress rescued! GUPP. INDIAN GOVT SHD GIVE FISHERMEN BETTER BOATS & METHODS/RIGHTS TO FISH! OTHERWISE THEY SUFFER REGULARLY!

Fishermen in distress rescued: Marine Police of Coastal Security Group personnel rescued three fishermen who were in distress mid sea on Thursday after their country boat suffered engine failure. On getting information, the CSG per

Hillary’s automatic green card proposal to benefit Indian students

Hillary’s automatic green card proposal to benefit Indian students: Indian science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students in the U.S could be the biggest beneficiaries of a proposal in Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s ‘Initiative

A.R. Rahman enthrals audience at UN concert to celebrate Independence Day

A.R. Rahman enthrals audience at UN concert to celebrate Independence Day: Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman enthralled a packed audience at the iconic UN General Assembly hall with his renditions of Indian Carnatic legend M S Subbulakshmi’s music, Sufi songs and the foot-

AIADMK MP Navaneethakrishnan 'sings' his love for Kashmir

AIADMK MP Navaneethakrishnan 'sings' his love for Kashmir: The debate in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday — on the situation prevailing in Kashmir following the killing of militant Burhan Wani and the Valley reeling under curfew for 33 days — saw a gamut of reaction

45,000 Islamic State fighters killed in 2 years: US!

45,000 Islamic State fighters killed in 2 years: US: About 45,000 jihadists have been killed in Iraq and Syria since the U.S.-led operation to defeat the Islamic State (IS) group began two years ago, a top general said Wednesday.
“We estimate that ov

Modi to discuss Kashmir with all parties tomorrow!

Modi to discuss Kashmir with all parties tomorrow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with all political parties on Friday on the Kashmir unrest, Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The House also passed a

Even after 16 years, Irom Sharmila keeps her mother waiting!

Even after 16 years, Irom Sharmila keeps her mother waiting: Having broken the world’s longest hunger strike yesterday, Manipur’s ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila is maintaining her resolve not to clip her nails, comb her hair, go to her house and meet her mother til

TN will not allow imposition of Sanskrit, Hindi: Minister

TN will not allow imposition of Sanskrit, Hindi: Minister: Higher Education Minister K.P. Anbazhagan on Tuesday told the Legislative Assembly that the State government would not allow imposition of Hindi and Sanskrit as part of the new education policy of th

TN-CM: Jayalalithaa writes to Naidu TO RELEASE 32 TAMILS ARRESTED BY AP POLICE WITH LIES & NO VALID REASONS!

Jayalalithaa writes to Naidu: Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday wrote to her Andhra Pradesh counterpart Chandrababu Naidu requesting his intervention in the release of 32 persons from Tamil Nadu arrested in Chittoor. She al

Indian workers’ issue solved: Saudi envoy! GUPP: WHERE WAS KSA GOVT/ AMBASSADOR,WHEN INDIAN WORKERS WERE NOT PAID OVER 7 MONTHS! SHAME TO KSA FOR INHUMAN TREATMENT /HR-VIOLATIONS OF WORKERS & HOUSEMAIDS IN KSA!

Indian workers’ issue solved: Saudi envoy: The problems of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia have been “resolved”, the Kingdom’s Ambassador to India said, maintaining that the plight of Indians, who had gone without food for three days, was “an

Singapore on high alert after foiled rocket attack! WTRF:MANY EXTREME/ JEALOUS/ ANGRY/ HATRED GROUPS HAVE NO PLAN/TRUST TO REFORM THEIR COUNTRY/REGIMES/PEOPLE BY DEMOCRATIC/DIPLOMATIC/GANDHIYAM METHODS! THEY PREFER UNDEMOCRATIC/ MILITARY/SHORTCUT/BRUTAL METHODS/ WAYS TO ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS/ GOALS!

Singapore on high alert after foiled rocket attack: Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a S

Hindu doctor shot dead in Karachi! WTRF:HINDUS HAVE NO SAFETY IN PAKISTAN,BANGLADESH & SRILANKA! GOVTs DO NOTHING TO STOP THEM!

Hindu doctor shot dead in Karachi: A 56-year-old Hindu doctor has been fatally shot outside his clinic in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, in what is being described as a “religiously motivated murder”.Pireetam Lakhwani, a resident of

Muslim couple removed from flight for ‘sweating’, saying ‘Allah’! WTRF: RACISM,BRUTALITY,DISRESPECT,DISCRIMINATIONS,MARGINALISATIONS,HATERED,IGNORANCE,IDIOTISM,ARROGANCE,INDIFFERENCE ARE ROOT CAUSES FOR EXTREMISM & TERRORISM & REVENGE IN THIS WORLD!

Muslim couple removed from flight for ‘sweating’, saying ‘Allah’: A Pakistani-American couple has claimed that they were removed from a United States-bound flight as an on-board crewmember felt “uncomfortable” after noticing that they were “sweating”, saying “Allah