In search of new battlefields: Mayawatis Maratha venture At a time when her party, the BSP is ruling the countrys most populous state, Mayawati
is looking to cash-in on the general disgruntlement among Dalits in Maharashtra.
Climate obstacles ahead The good news on climate change is that the world wants to do something.
Execution in US
Not as humane as it appears For years, the conventional wisdom has been that lethal injection is a humane means of execution. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
World Aids Day
A quest for dignity and self-reliance If the growing numbers of HIV positive people are not given equal opportunities, it may have an impact on the economy of the country.
S Korea
Preferring daughters Bachelors in South Korea are better off than the men in poorer Asian countries, who have no choice but to stay single.
A Balinese Hindu priest plants a mango sapling at a mangrove during a tree planting campaign, ahead of the climate change conference in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, on Friday.
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
