Dhoni conferred Khel Ratna

"Mahendra Singh Dhoni became only the second cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award as he was conferred the country’s highest sporting honour at a glittering function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Friday."

Security tightens more as Olympics get under way

"Security forces squeezed their grip on China a notch tighter Friday for the start of the Olympics, edging up restrictions in the capital and imposing much tougher ones in a restive Muslim area in the country's far west.The Beijing Games' glittering curtain raiser went off...

Beijing puts on a show for the world

"China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening...

Sex A Taboo To A Muslim Girl

"There is no way that Selin Tamtekin could be described as even remotely low-life. Immaculate, groomed to perfection, she walks towards me on perfectly unscuffed heels, without a gleaming hair out of place or a single microfibre of dust on her pristine white shirt. At 33 she...

Literature Is Theft

"On the literary Dow Jones, glittering prizes go together with charges of plagiarism like bull markets and the Serious Fraud Office. Ian McEwan, the most successful novelist of his generation, has been dogged by imputations of fraudulence. He is not alone. In the past several...