There is an outrage in India over a Hindu leader's comment that Mother Teresa's charity work has one objective - to convert the poor to Christianity.

SUPPOSE India had lost the World Cup cricket match against Pakistan at Adelaide, the reaction among its people would have been that of disappointment and remorse. But I do not think that they would have initiated scuffles with the Pakistani spectators. The Indians would not have destroyed television sets as some did in Karachi and elsewhere in Pakistan. Of course, there would have been a sense of humiliation, but it would not have poured on to the streets in the shape of fracas or demonstrations.

Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena seeks to mend relations with India over China's growing influence on Colombo

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to set taste today of its first defeat in a state legislature poll since sweeping to power last year