After trying every available weight-loss formula in order to lead normal lives, acutely obese Indians are now turning to surgery as a last resort

Setting an unusual example of mobilising kar seva for community development, a godman in Punjab's Kapurthala district has ensured that a tributary of the Beas river gets a new lease of life

Song and dance is no way to celebrate 350 years of the world's best known mausoleum and India's most famous postcard. What the monument needs most is better management, not more hype.

As BCCI debates who to award its telecast rights, the Rs 500 crore profit is likely to sway BCCI elections at the month-end

It is not just the formula film that is undergoing review. Fashion gets a face-lift as stylists and designers bend the rules and create a whole new look for Hindi films.

Naipaul's new novel, an extension of Half a Life, his first fictional passage to the ancestral homeland, is a humanist's indictment of the revolutionary movements in India, which does not hurt him anymore

A former civil servant is committed to empowering people with information to fight for their cause