Sushma looks as if she's in her late forties but she's not sure about her real age. Her name isn't real either, just the one she goes by in New Delhi's red light district. She is among the many women, men and children living and working in brothel number 300 on Garstin Bastion Road, known as "G.B. Road," in the city's old quarters who are documented by Mayank Austen Soofi in his new book, "Nobody Can Love You More".
Elections make for responsive and accountable governments, or so goes the truism. But can they also achieve the opposite — that is, encourage complacency, even callousness, among elected representatives? Last month's headlines from India and China present a disquieting contrast between elected and unelected governments for anyone committed to democratic politics.
Their status as literary heavyweights could not save them from the savage sarcasm of the critics. Novelists Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie and former poet laureate Andrew Motion were all up for critical mauling of the year in a shortlist published on Tuesday.
Sushma looks like she's in her late forties she's not sure about her age. It's not her real name but the one she goes by in New Delhi's red light district. Every morning at 2:30 a.m., she wakes up, drinks a cup of tea and paints her face with make-up before stepping out into the street to look for men who'll pay her around two dollars to have sex.
I finally finished reading the “Fifty Shades of Grey” trilogy and liked the story. Honestly, I never would have read it were it not for the controversy and hype surrounding it.
At least 37 people of South Asian origin have been named 2012 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. According to a press release issued by the group, fellows are elected based on their efforts to advance science or its applications. The fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue (representing science and engineering, respectively) rosette pin on Feb.
Economist Narayana Kocherlakota is the highest ranked Indian-American in Foreign Policy journal's list of top 100 Global Thinkers. Kocherlakota, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, was placed 10th on the list that was led by Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein.
