Anjali Ranu

Tune into any Indian television channel these days and you're likely to hear things like "Hungry kya?" and "What your bahana is?"  These and countless other new words and phrases are part of the fastest-growing language in the country: Hinglish. The mix of Hindi and English is the language of the street and the college campus, and its sound sets many parents' teeth on edge. It's a bridge between two cultures ... [full story]

The US-India Nuclear deal is not 'what you see is what you get' The nuclear deal was signed on July 18, 2005 with much fanfare. More than a year later, its future remains uncertain, with only the Lower House of the US Congress having passed the enabling legislation. The US House took no note of the concerns expressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to President George W. Bush in St. Petersburg. ... [full story]

Happiness has been measured and Indians don't come out smiling. In fact, we seem to be more unhappy than most of our neighbours. The only grim satisfaction: Pakistan is even worse off. According to the first 'World Map of Happiness', India is the 125th happiest country in the world, behind Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The map is prepared by Adrian White, a British analytic social ... [full story]

Andhra Pradesh is one of India's preferred destination for global IT firms but it is also home to an enormous tragedy. The tragedy of farmers suicides in Andhra Pradesh has been occurring regularly since 1998, hardly a sudden phenomenon. In the past few months, however, farmers of the region have been ending their lives at an alarming rate (six to 10 suicides per day), even after the inauguration of the ... [full story]

From making The Baily Bridge,  the highest bridge in the world, located in the Ladakh valley  between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains in 1982 to showing its best of virtues in defending frontiers and fighting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and helping  people at the times of natural disasters to reaching out and rescuing a six year old boy from just a 16-inch diameter and 57-foot tube well ... [full story]