Browsing Tag: News

Participants in an 8 week meditation class experienced structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.

Eight men on horseback chase a ball on a gorgeous, sunny winter's afternoon at the Jaipur Polo Grounds in the Indian capital, Delhi. The action at Saturday's game was fierce, fast and dust-raising.

All of these stories, unique and yet similar in so many ways, point to the fact that these individuals are survivors in every sense of the word, having survived Partition as well as the loss of life and culture that accompanied it. These faces also remind me why I fell in love with history and everything that comes with it – languages, cultures and traditions, but most importantly, the people on the ground, who have experienced and lived it...

The large majority of those who visit India may not see or recognize the grim realities that disable the lives of about 170 million people in the country’s Dalit community. For the women and girls of this community, trapped in two straitjackets of caste and gender, the constraints and barriers have few parallels.

The U.S. Armed Forces are moving in the right direction. According to news reports late last week, the Army will allow Menachem Stern—an orthodox Jewish Rabbi—to attend military chaplaincy training without shaving his religiously-mandated beard.

MY colleague, Ajitpal Singh, is very excited to be tying the knot tomorrow. But he didn't see the trouble coming -- which was tying his turban, known as the dastaar. Ajitpal's turban woe came to light when I asked Jugjet Singh, another NST employee, why he was in a hurry to leave the office the other day.

A gurdwara here has been locked down by police authorities after it was allegedly found violating several rules related to safety standards.

Scientists are quivering with anticipation — flying halfway around the world for a close-up view of the action and devouring the latest updates from the blogosphere the way some girls track the doings of Justin Bieber.

Inspector Andy Gallant said he was aware the application for the gates had been made some time ago. He added: “Since then, there has been a significant amount of work undertaken to tackle anti-social behaviour and related issues in the area. “In the last six weeks alone, we have recorded a 60 per cent reduction in calls relating to anti-social behaviour in that area.”