In Queen Maya's Palace of Illusions
Of course, no one knows the cost of these projects, or even who provides the approvals, clears the blueprints, or the name of the architects and landscapers, with everyone passing the buck. Ask the...- in News

Spinach Egg Scramble & other tasty tiffin recipes

We invited Get Ahead readers to share quick-fix office recipes with us -- easily-prepared foods that takes less than an hour to whip up before you head to work in the morning. We'v...- in News

Tasty tiffin recipes: Dal Fry, Khichdi & Salad

 

 

 

We invited Get Ahead readers to share quick-fix office recipes with us -- easily-prepared foods that takes less than an hour to whip up before you head t...- in News

Obama used the language of pan-Islamist radicals

United States President Barack Obama , in his speech in Cairo on June 4, picked a very appropriate Quranic phrase, 'Be conscious of God and always speak the truth'. This phrase has been used in Q...- in News

'Prabhakaran killed the political dream of Tamils'

There was a massive protest organized in London recently. More than 1,00,000 people attended it. At least 10,000 bought the Eelam flag. Each cost 10 pounds. In your currency, that is like a tota...- in News

Get Ahead: CAT chat with Atul Prashar, examination expert with TCYonline.com
Get Ahead: CAT chat with Atul Prashar, examination expert with TCYonline.com function email() { var emurl = String(window.location); var emth1 = emurl.indexOf("/getahead/"); ...- in News

In Queen Maya's Palace of Illusions

Queen Maya had not become pregnant despite 20 years of being married to King Suddhodana, the ruler of the Sakya clan of Kapilavastu (in modern Bihar), till she dreamed of a white elephant, inter...- in News

Panna Lal Punia: Congress's secret weapon in UP
Panna Lal Punia is the Congress' real hero in Uttar Pradesh .

He won from Barabanki with a thumping margin of 170,000 votes and for this Punia slogged it out in the scorching summer heat in UP's ...- in News

India-US: Hazardous days ahead
A strange polarisation is taking place in India. Whenever President Obama says or does something prejudicial to India's interests, the anti-US lobby attacks the UPA government for misreading the Am...- in News

Brazil: Pele, Ronaldinho, Samba
"So how is your Spanish?" ask my friends in India when I talk to them from my current location -- Brazil .

"Why Spanish?"

"Aren't you now in Latin America, in Brazil, the land of football, ...- in News

In Queen Maya's Palace of Illusions
No longer is Mayawati content with pedicures at the Taj, pink salwar suits and egg-sized diamonds. The surly lady with the cheap leather bag reckons she will leave behind indestructible evidence of...- in News

Aila's terrible human toll in Sunderbans

Thousands of Villagers in Sunderbans have been displaced from their homes by a tidal wave caused by Cyclone Aila.

Indian American girl wins Spelling Bee

In her fourth appearance at the annual spelling marathon, a supremely-confident Kavya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, breezed through to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee competiti...- in News

In Queen Maya's Palace of Illusions
Stray near and policemen will warn you off; ask questions and workers will mutter they know nothing; gates are closed on journalists; and even the elite residents of Noida's Sector 15A, who found t...- in News

'It is up to Muslims to open the door'

Dear Brother-Husain,

I am certain about two things. I am a Muslim, and I live in this world. Now the uncertainties begin. On 4 June you gave what was heavily-advertised as a maj...- in News