Nalini Sriharan is now making claims that border on the ludicrous. If she is to be believed, she played no role in the May 21, 1991 saga.

A high-profile businesswoman who rose out of obscurity has stunned the country with tales of mind-boggling money games involving politicians and the rich.

'Poorer households are the hardest hit owing to food inflation, job losses, limited fertiliser supply and drop in remittances,' said professor Athukorala, who led the study.

'Zarifa: A Woman’s Battle in a Man's World' recounts the tumultuous events that shaped Afghanistan in the last 30 years through the eyes of Afghanistan's first woman mayor.

The building has been used only twice since its inauguration in March. The mayor of the town, V. Manivannan, has blamed the Sri Lankan government for the impasse.

In contrast to all the great Hindu preachers, we have people today – some incredibly clad in saffron – constantly tormenting and verbally and physically attacking minorities.

The scholar that he is, former vice president Hamid Ansari explains most lucidly what is wrong with India today – and why – and what one can expect in the future.

“Enmity, hatred, jealousy and retaliation do not foster religious sentiments and spiritual growth," Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati, the 34th Acharya of the Sringeri Sharada Peetam had once said.

A recently-released report by the UN Human Rights Council underlines that impunity is the core problem in Sri Lanka.

To battle Chinese hegemony, New Delhi must cement existing friendships in Sri Lanka and embrace new friends.

The generals are keeping President Wickremesinghe in office. He serves at their pleasure.

Mukunda Rao makes it clear in his book that contrary to what is widely believed, India’s spiritual history is not all about Brahmanical beliefs, Sanskrit literature, the Upanishads, and the Gita, or even the caste system.

According to him, both the LTTE and Colombo could have made compromises and established a federal state. "If Delhi insisted on making all decisions for Chennai, India would also break up.”

How the Sri Lankan president lost a golden opportunity to exit in peace and with dignity.

The journalist-turned-Congress MP's book, 'Scars of 1947: Real Partition Stories' is not only timely, it tells real stories of how religion turned humans against humans, brutally uprooting 14 million people.

Anirudhya Mitra provides the most comprehensive account of the biggest manhunt launched in India – and how the LTTE's role was detected.

As another International Day of Yoga nears its end, it is important to assimilate that the ancient science is not just about physical postures or a desire to possess a healthy body.

The Lahore high court resolved a knotty issue involving Muslims and Sikhs over a place of worship the former insisted had been a mosque and which the latter claimed was a gurdwara.

Laura T. Murphy's 'Azad Nagar: The Story of a 21st Century Slave Revolt' unwraps the little known powerful story of a tribal revolt in the heartland of India.

In 'December in Dacca', K.S. Nair argues that the jubilation about 1971 should have been for ending a monstrous humanitarian crisis in East Pakistan, rather than just defeating Pakistan.