Long-standing student protests in Bangladesh against an unfair job quota system turned violent, forcing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to res...

Students or other young people have frequently played pivotal roles in popular uprisings that have brought down governments or forced them ...

On Tuesday night, the ‘Satanic Verses’ author was felicitated with the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vac...

Along with the likes of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Brodsky, and fellow Czech playwright-turned-politician-turned-president Vaclav Havel...

What is it about democracies that they lead to outcomes that are inimical to freedoms? History is littered with examples of countries where...

Russia's clampdown on freedom of speech and its opponents has escalated once again, with the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Ge...

Jazz is designed for easy listening and calmer moments.

ISRO has been selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014 for its contribution to the country's development through space technology and s...

Criticised for falling behind the curve and praised for not succumbing to intimidation, Duvvuri Subbarao faced both with humour.

Stefan Zweig, the Austrian-German author who was born into money and had a fetish for collecting originals of artists, once bought a manusc...

Subbarao has come a full circle — probably beginning the second round of easing after taking the tightening cycle to a peak.

Only Indians, tired and bored of the continuous drama, can save India.

Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who served time in Czechoslovakia's communist prisons, has died. He was 75.

Amid varied picturesque locations, Prague Castle, the world’s largest castle complex which has now become the residence of Czech President ...

Prague is divided into Old Town (Staré Mesto) and New Town (Nové Mesto). The Old Town Hall plaza is a great mix of bistros and beer halls w...