Annam Suresh My daughter surprised me on my birthday with a two-week holiday to see the Northern Lights, and a day with the Samis — the only indigenous people in Europe with a lifestyle that is alive, but fading. More...

In November, during a fight over video games among a group of 10-year-old boys at a government-supported school in Indore, Rishi of Class 4 was attacked over 100 times with compasses by three of his classmates. In another incident of bullying, two…

In November, during a fight over video games among a group of 10-year-old boys at a government-supported school in Indore, Rishi of Class 4 was attacked over 100 times with compasses by three of his classmates. In another incident of bullying, two boys from a private school in Bangalore’s Kanakapura pressured a wealthy schoolmate into repeatedly stealing money and jewellery from his house, threatening him with serious injury if he didn’t.  After he was caught red-handed by his mother, he decided

Annam Suresh The must-see Vigeland Sculpture Park, the world’s largest attributed to a single artist, is situated in the serene Frogner neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway. The country’s most celebrated sculptor, Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943), not only…

Once upon a time a town in Germany decided to rebuild the local church after it had been destroyed several times in a few centuries

The laundas in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are a part of tradition at marriages and other events, but they are severely exploited and subject to sexual violence. It’s a long-standing tradition in small town and rural cow belt India. Few weddings or…

The Supreme Court’s well-intended move to assist sex-workers eager to leave prostitution is beset by problems of logistics and budget but also under threat from racketeering. Noble intentions are rarely a guarantee of success and that could be true…

How to secure your home against trouble...

A mature report of an unspoken marital problem that goes on in theI bedroom of a marriedcouple

The Japanese Tea ceremony is a celebration of hospitality. Chanayo - also called chado or sado - is the Japanese tea ceremony, an elaborately formatted ritual that can run to a few hours.

In India’s biggest red light area children learn early that crime pays. Sonali stares proudly at the three hundred-rupee notes, a couple of fifty rupee-notes and an assortment of smaller notes bunched up in a smelly handerkerchief, in addition to a…

It s not just the six pack band that excels at adventuresports In a unique experiment an inclusiverock climbing camp that comprised of normal1 blind and deaf dumb…

The supreme court set up a panel for rehabititation of Sex workers. Annam Suresh a consultant on the panel reports

WestBengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee waved a Report Card that amply put into practice a frequently flashed the seldom seen in action slogan of Do It Now

Kartikeya's popularity seems to be confined to the south especiallyTamil Nadu. Few know in West Bengal, Kartik Puja is widely regarded as a festival of hope for women who pine for a child, especially in the red-light areas of West Bengal

The West Bengal Chief Minister is treading slowly have inherited a state deep in the red - according to the finance minister

A rather tongue-in-cheek comparison between the West Bengal CM and ‘Kingfisher’ Mallya

A rather tongue-in-cheek comparison between the West Bengal CM and ‘Kingfisher’ Mallya

A rather tongue-in-cheek comparison between the West Bengal CM and ‘Kingfisher’ Mallya

Methodical madnessUnusual hobbies not only keep boredom at bay but also give creativity a whole new dimension. Here’s some inspiration in the form of offbeat pastimes, writes Annam Suresh T. S. Gopalaswamy, a former Hindustan Unilever executive,…