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Protesting Palestinian students appeal to Mukherjee against Israel
Ramallah (Palestine), Oct 13 (IANS) A sudden congregation of hundreds of angry students at Al-Quds University near here to condemn alleged aggression of Israeli forces, led to cancellation of an event...
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Court says lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims can proceed
A federal court said Tuesday that a civil rights lawsuit accusing police in New York City of improperly singling out Muslims for surveillance could proceed, reversing a lower court’s decision last...
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Indian writers renounce awards; dissent against intolerance grows
Public lynching over a slab of meat, cold blooded murders of writers, rationalists and a wave of crimes of intolerance has led well-known Indian writers and winners of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi...
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Rushdie warns of new dangers to free speech in West
Violence against writers and a misplaced sense of political correctness pose new dangers to freedom of speech in the West, writer Salman Rushdie said on Tuesday. Rushdie, the subject of an Iranian...
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Modi’s silence permitting ‘thuggish violence’: Salman Rushdie
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” along with the silence of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new “degree of thuggish violence” in India, said celebrated author Salman...
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New recruits to Hindu cause hear anti-Muslim message
As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then, he viewed the...
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Modi calls beef killing “unwelcome” as intolerance concerns grow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condemned the murder of a Muslim man over rumours he ate beef, in his first response to an incident that has sparked concern about growing religious intolerance. Many...
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Netaji files to be de-classified from Jan 23: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that the government will start de-classifying files related to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from January 23 – his birth anniversary. Modi said this in...
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Targeted for being Muslim: Naseeruddin Shah
Expressing dismay over the controversy in the wake of his participation in book launch function of former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri in Mumbai, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah...
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Pixer ‘s ‘Sanjay’s Super Team’ is the first animated film on Hindu deities
An Indian-origin animator in the US will debut as a director in theatres on November 25 with his short film, a media report said. Working as an animator with Pixer since 1996, Sanjay Patel made his...
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Pakistan says deaf-mute Indian woman Geeta to return home this month
A deaf-mute woman who lost her family when she wandered over one of the world’s most militarised borders as a child will return to India this month, officials at the Pakistani charity where she has...
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Sikhs and Other Asian Targeted More For Bullying: White House
Recognizing that Sikh children and other Asians are particularly targeted for bullying in schools, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders launched a public awareness...
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Twisted Decision on Yoga Copyright
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit held last week that Bikram yoga can’t be copyrighted. The decision covers California — yoga’s American heartland — and it’ll probably influence courts...
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Clinton in Command as Rivals Hold Their Fire
Hillary Clinton faced a moment of real jeopardy in the first Democratic debate. A lot of Democrats have been getting jittery about her poll numbers and her inability to put away stories about her...
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Prime Minister Needs To Speak Up On Beef Killing
The brutal killing of a man in Bisada village in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, not far from the Indian capital, on suspicion that he consumed beef after killing a cow was more than a murder. It was an...
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When Sanmay Ved Bought And Very Briefly Owned Google.com
For one curious minute, the most popular Web site in the world was owned by a 29-year-old MBA student in Massachusetts. It was an hour past midnight, and Sanmay Ved was scrolling through Google’s own...
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At Global Interfaith Meet Jain Leader Calls For Practicing Non-violence
Acharya Lokesh Muni, Jain religious leader and founder of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, called for adopting non-violence as a means for resolving global problems of war, violence and terrorism. Speaking at...
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Four South Asians Among N.Y.C Inaugural Mayoral Women Fellows
The inaugural women fellows of New York Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs were feted at a ceremony last week at the New York City Surrogate’s Court. The 13 fellows included four South Asians...
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Indian-Americans Lose Young Scientist Title; 5 In Final
Indian-Americans failed to win the 2015 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge even as five of them made it to the final ten in the competition to develop scientific plans to solve everyday...
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Children’s Hope India Gala Raises Over $ 1 Million For Education
Beating it’s previous record, the 2015 Children’s Hope India Gala raised more than $1 million for its Educate India initiative, according to organizers. More than 450 guests attended the October 11...
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