Authorities in India’s southern Kerala state have issued an alert after a ship carrying oil and hazardous cargo leaked and sank off the state’s coast in the Arabian Sea. The spill occurred in a Liberian-flagged vessel that capsized near Kochi […]
India state on alert after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizes Read More »
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Farooq Ahmed Mohammad Iqbal died on 7 May in cross-border shelling in Indian-administered Kashmir Farooq Ahmed still bristles with anger when he talks about his brother’s death. Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch city in
The story of a dead Indian teacher who media falsely labelled a terrorist Read More »
Indian writer-lawyer-activist Banu Mushtaq has scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story anthology, Heart Lamp. It is the first book written in the Kannada language, which is spoken in the southern Indian state of Karnataka,
Indian author scripts history with International Booker Prize win Read More »
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai BBC The museum contains artefacts and furniture from prominent Parsi families Tucked away in a lane in the southern end of India’s financial capital, Mumbai, is a museum dedicated to the followers of one of
Shining the spotlight on India’s dwindling Parsi community Read More »
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Team Shivan & Narresh The fashion show by designers Shivan and Narresh showcased the brand’s skiwear collection A fashion show held last week in a picturesque, snow-clad town in Indian-administered Kashmir has sparked a major
Gulmarg fashion show sparks row in Indian-administered Kashmir Read More »
The prime minister of Vanuatu has ordered the cancellation of a passport issued by the island nation to fugitive Indian businessman Lalit Modi, who is wanted by Delhi in a corruption case. The order came three days after India confirmed
Vanuatu PM cancels passport of former IPL cricket chief Read More »
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Jio Studios / Twitter The film Mrs was criticised by men’s rights groups A new Bollywood film – Mrs – has once again laid bare a stark reality: even in well-educated households in India a
Time Use Survey 2024 shows Indian women unfairly burdened by housework Read More »
Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai BeerBiceps/YouTube Ranveer Allahbadia, also known as BeerBiceps, is a popular Indian podcaster “Dirty.” “Perverted mind.” “Disgusting.” These were the words India’s Supreme Court used on Tuesday while granting interim protection from arrest to a popular
Ranveer Allahbadia’s ‘dirty’ comments spark massive row in India Read More »
Supriya Kantak / Courtesy Prime Video Waack Girls is a dance drama centred around six women A woman dances in the spotlight, the glittering tassels on her dress shivering and swaying in tandem with her moves. But it’s her arms
Indian show renews interest in 1970s dance style from America’s gay clubs Read More »
From the British Library archive This 17th Century painting fuses Islamic motifs with Renaissance style artwork The birth of Jesus Christ – a seminal biblical event – has been the subject of many paintings by Western artists, who have often
How Indian artists envisioned Christ’s birth Read More »
