Recently, I have started reflecting on the implications of being a Muslim in a world that is predisposed to think that Islam is a religion of violence and hate.

There will be so much winning that all will get tired of winning and beg, “Stop! We can't take this [the winning] anymore.” The heads will spin.

The subject of adaptation to climate change has gone through two major phases already and is now on its third phase.

The tale of the three million female workers in the readymade garment industry is an unbeatable narrative of toil and survival.

Wise politicians and erudite jurists have time and again observed that an independent judiciary is the very heart of a republic.

My next-door neighbour in upstate New York was an old woman named June. Her husband Herbert was housed in a care centre for the elderly. They had grown-up kids living in different states of the US from where they made rare visits to their parents.

Biman, capitalise on it! “Fly directly to London, do not pass [through] the Middle East, do not collect a baggage tag for your laptop.”

In the historic Paris Agreement reached in December 2015 at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework...

There is no greater natural resource on this earth than water, as without it, life on this planet would cease to exist as we know it.

For the majority of communities in this country, the idea of a woman inheriting more than a man is ludicrous, even equally is rarely accepted. But there have been instances where through legal channels brothers and sisters have shared their parents' wealth equally without any kind of acrimony.

There was a time when the film industry in the subcontinent used Indo-Pak plots to create pre-film-release-tension-teasers to attract more audience.

The United Nations proclaimed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 1966, commemorating

The Indian Election Commission on March 11, 2017 announced the results of five State Assembly elections.

One of the plays of five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize, Maxim Gorky, was improvised in Bengali and was named Abirampaurutibhakshan (eating loaves continuously).

Being a compassionate husband, I give my wife company during all her cravings throughout her pregnancy. As a result, both of us are competing when it comes to the size of our bellies. We almost get a buy-one-get-one-free ultra sonogram deal.

Avery important visit of our prime minister, the twice rescheduled visit to India will now take place between April 7 and April 10.

France goes to polls to elect a new president on April 23, 2017, at a time when the electorate is deeply worried about the political direction of the country.

On this International Women's Day – the one day that we women get to call our own – we had the Women's Strike. But, I went to work because I wasn't sure I had a choice in the matter. Turns out I did, but that is another story for another day.

There is no silver bullet for raising a child since parenting is a complex task with uncertain outcomes. Perhaps the hardest part of parenting is imparting a value system to children. It's hard because values are often subject to cultural, ethnic and social biases.

When I joined the central bank more than two years ago, I witnessed the proposal of big loan restructuring. One phrase economists care about is “moral hazards.”