Is India doing an Israel in Kashmir? Some pseudo-Leftists seem to think so. But they should know that India is fighting sectarian forces in Kashmir, and not just fighting for a piece of land there.
There is both comfort and exhilaration to be derived from a physical book. The solidity of a book reassures us that answers exist, in a way that a virtual library, with no dimensions except an abstract sense of depth, cannot.
India, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, ranks 13th in the world on the Impunity Index which measures the degree to which a country can’t or won’t bring the killers of reporters to justice.
Labeled as an anarchist of sorts, ironically, Husain's best paintings are nationalist emblems of an India forming its own identity in the wake of Independence.
As Jyotirmoy Dey's killing demonstrates, local journalists on their daily beat, with no flak jackets or armed bodyguards, are more at risk than their counterparts in war zones. Here's how his killing can be avenged...
A twenty-something explains why the pop star offers a liberating role model in a culture obsessed with hot Bollywood beauties.
The new tribe of Indian god-men like Baba Ramdev and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar combine business savvy with a soft Hindutva, making them irresistible to upwardly mobile Indians around the world.
VS Naipaul’s 15-year-long tiff with author and former protégé Paul Theroux, ended with a handshake at the Hay Festival between the two. We scrutinise how and why writers quarrel with each other.
A young woman from Bhutan, "the happiest place on earth," visits Los Angeles, the world's dream factory and wonders if happiness can come out of a dishwasher.
A studio executive's antics at Cannes reveal Bollywood's attitude toward the world: you watch your films and we’ll watch ours!
Arundhati Roy's claim that foreign journalists in India are discouraged by their own publications from writing on the 'dark side' of India is fanciful - and demonstrably untrue.
Outrage at the Prime Minister and horror at India's human organ market defined our reader comments today
Baba Ramdev and the UPA government elicited the most opinion and debate on Firstpost today
A Firstpost postcard from the scene of Baba Ramdev's fast, capturing the hopes and aspirations of those who had come - before they were beaten away at midnight.
Sunandini Banerjee, collects images from a wide variety of sources and creates innovative, humourous digital collages—a potpourri or a medley or a luck bag, call it what you will.
Anna Hazare and other civil society leaders need to come down hard on the government for its raid on Ramdev but not kill its own Lokpal bill.
One is a saffron-clad messiah of health. The other a Gandhian high-priest in white. Together, they create a T-20 version of politics around corruption.
Firstpost is happy to announce that Shining Path and Subir Ghosh, two of our readers, will begin blogging for us on a regular basis starting from today.
Black lace intimates, transparent bras and satin girdles — wedding shopping in India gets daring, but knowledge of sex hasn't kept pace, finds NPR reporter Miranda Kennedy.
Baba Ramdev, Maran and corruption in general garnered the most response from readers today.
The hunger strike is the VIP's activism of choice, and only works if you are an Anna Hazare or a Baba Ramdev. That's why the powerless opt for self-immolation.
English now reigns supreme even within our homes. It is easy to blame the schools, but it is more often we, the urban professional class, who have spurned the language of our childhood.
From a headline given to us by our Facebook community to comments on Baba Ramdev, corruption and Omar Abdullah, this is our selection of your comments, tweets and facebook posts in response to our content
From the official announcement of the release date of "The Hobbit" to the finalists of the Wikimedia picture of the year contest, this is our selection of the news, images and multimedia that we liked on the web today.
The Wikimedia Foundation plans to apply for a UNESCO World Heritage label. But can a virtual site claim to be “a masterpiece of human creative genius" of universal human value?
A list of 9 of the sexiest movie aliens, uproar over Mike Tyson tattoo in the Hangover 2, a video that makes visualizations oh human data and other things we found interesting on the web today.
How the illusions of our mind deceive us, and why we should never judge a book by its cover.
Remember when Rajesh Khanna ruled the roost, Bobby was all the rage, and there was no such thing as Bollywood? Namita Gokhale takes a witty trip down memory lane.
Talk about the lifestyles of the rich and famous! Mark Zuckerberg's new challenge is to eat only what he kills.
Gay images are everywhere these days in India from buff Bollywood stars to rocking gay parties in big cities. But the visibility hasn't demolished the closet, just made it better furnished.