Cross Connections

He is a criminal. And a godman. He operates from a fortress that he calls an ashram. And his followers are armed. This man should have bee...

I do not know who would buy a mattress after seeing such images. Kurl-On is a well known brand. It has run a series using three public fi...

Jashodaben goes to vote Dear Jashodaben: I hear you are in Tirupati to offer thanksgiving. Your prayers have been answered. Your husband...

"Screw it, I’ll just be a porn star.” What started as a joke became real. This is about Lauren, a student, desperately trying to fi...

Would you expect a biology teacher who also takes a geography class to explain mountains and oceans in biology terminology? Or a writer of...

The anchor held up a piece of paper and shouted down a politician with the precious words: "I have this secret information." A r...

A Mirage called Malala : Another Daughter of the East?  by Farzana Versey, CounterPunch, July 15 Had Edward Snowden exposed the dirt of ...

In August last year Geetika Sharma ended her life. In her suicide note, she blamed former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and his aide an...

It is always heartwarming to discover that a human interest story manages to result in some concrete action - there are people willing...

Helen Hunt with her baby When I read about Helen Hunt getting a baby due to an ‘uplifting experience’, I adduced it must have been c...

Kang Yi stripped down to a thong while a young woman gave him love bites. Performance art is almost always controversial. What was the...

There is much to get excited, I understand. But even a discussion on the Budget reveals how mainstream media needs to sex up everything. Unf...

This is a marketing gimmick camouflaged as a film. I went to a single-screen theatre to watch it. Alone. After all, this was about female...

Imagine a situation where a few years from now she could be married and forced to become the shared booty between brothers because she survi...

Nisreen in Gaddafi's army It was only a matter of time before Libya found a totem. The psychological semantics are beautifully la...

I’d like to know how many of these women who are promoting the SlutWalk in India are bothered about sluts. Spend a day as a slut, a whore, ...