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Quote of the Day by Italian poet Dante Alighieri: 'The hottest places in hell are reserved for…'—Inspiring quotes by the poet famous for the masterpiece of world literature, The Divine ComedyQuote of the Day: Dante Alighieri's timeless warning against moral neutrality, "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in t...- Who is Sheema Kirmani? Famous Pakistani Bharatanatyam dancer, also seen in Ali Sethi's 'Pasoori,' detained by Sindh PoliceSheema Kirmani News: Renowned Pakistani dancer and activist Sheema Kirmani was among seven Aurat March activists briefly detained by Sindh ...
- Quote of the day by Anne Rice: 'You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering' ; life lessons from American literary iconAnne Rice's quote, "You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering,"...
- Bangladesh arrests absconding convict in murder of secular bloggerDhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) counter-terrorism unit arrested 34-year-old Redwanul Azad Rana, a former student at the country's top Nor...
- Uniform Civil Code needed to empower people with their rights: Taslima NasreenNoting that "true secularism" was not being practised, she said both the right to believe in a religion and not to believe in one must be r...
- 'Award Rejected as a Mark of Respect for Constitution'Although Karnataka is ruled by the Congress government, the social and academic laws of the state is governerd by right-wing forces, Rajash...
- India is my home, says Bangladeshi writer Tasleema Nasreen"I have been living in exile since 1994. I know I have no other alternative but to live in exile for rest of my life. I feel I have nowhere...
- Terrorism is 'haram'; 1 lakh Bangladeshi clerics say in fatwaThe fatwa was issued amidst a spate of killings of writers, bloggers, online activists, and people of different religious and social views ...
- Bangladesh safer than Syria for jihadis: Taslima NasreenJihadists have been silencing or threatening voices of sanity because democracy and pluralism are anathema to them. All they want is to est...
- I don't think India is an intolerant country: Taslima NasreenResponding to a question, she said: "Why secularists in India were questioning only Hindu fundamentalists while leaving alone Muslim fundam...
- John Kerry asked to give humanitarian parole Bangladeshi bloggersSuzanne Nosse said US should take the lead to save these bloggers who face the risk of being murdered for the crime of expressing their vie...
- 'India's present scenario resembles McCarthy era in the US'Noted writer Shashi Deshpande, said the present scenario bore a "dreadful resemblance" to the McCarthy era in the US, when nobody was exemp...
- Media heckled at Anupam Kher-led rallyAnupam Kher alleged that the "award-wapsi" campaign was to defame the country by projecting a "wrong" picture of the situation.
- Secularism under threat today, says writer Nayantara Sahgal"secularism is under threat like never before and that individual freedom and rights have to be protected even these are guaranteed in the ...
- Now Bangladeshi publisher Farid Ahmed gets death threatsA secular publisher in Bangladesh said he received death threats, a day after a publisher was killed while two bloggers were injured.
- RSS slams those returning awards, says ‘we’re not a punching bag’"The RSS is not a punching bag for the so-called pseudo secular intolerant people," said Dattatreya Hosabale, joint secretary of RSS.
- PM Narendra Modi's choice of words 'very weak': Writer Shashi DeshpandeEminent author Shashi Deshpande today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on the Dadri lynching incident were "far too weak."
- Writers step up protest, 5 more return Akademi awardDelhi-based Aman Sethi said he too was returning the Sahitya Award he got in 1993, as the "spirit of inquiry is clearly under threat".
- Kerala novelist Sarah Joseph decides to return Sahitya Akademi awardJoseph, who won the prestigious honour for her novel 'Aalahayude Penmakkal' (Daughters of God the Father), said she would soon send the cas...
- Bangladesh charges 5 militants over blogger Washiqur Rahman's killingFive militants of an al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group in Bangladesh were today charged with murder for hacking to death an atheist blogger.
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