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After Class XII student Kamalika Das died by suicide in Salt Lake, Kolkata, her father wrote to HRD Minister Smriti Irani alleging teacher harassment.

Suchitra Sharma on the Vatican's 'burqa made of flesh' remark about plastic surgery — and why conforming to society's beauty standards is a failure of

Shubhli on why 'it is none of my business' is a cop-out — told through the old mouse-trap parable: when trouble comes, it comes for everyone.

In January 2015, US Attorney Preet Bharara announced corruption charges against New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — one of Albany's most powerful men.

From the ₹1 shagun to the nimbu-mirchi totka: a tour of the superstitions — kala tika, black cats, knives as gifts — woven into everyday Indian life.

In January 2015, Deepika Padukone spoke openly about her depression and anxiety — one of Bollywood's first major stars to do so.

When her young niece asked to borrow $25 for a dress, Ayn Rand replied with a famously severe lesson in responsibility — a 1949 letter that went viral in 2015.

In 2015, Colorado baker Jack Phillips fought a discrimination ruling over refusing a same-sex wedding cake. The dispute would reach the US Supreme Court in

In January 2015, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal told Maria Bartiromo that oil would 'never' see $100 a barrel again — history had other plans.

No food melts belly fat on its own — but eggs, oats, dals, nuts, and leafy greens make the calorie equation easier. Suchitra Sharma on eating for a flatter

A weekly roundup of reported sexual abuse cases from January 2015 — from a tourist attacked in India to a US lawsuit naming Prince Andrew.

In December 2014, AAP's Yogendra Yadav urged PM Narendra Modi to speak out against 'ghar wapsi' reconversion campaigns as the Rajya Sabha stalled for a

Arup Raha's Bolly Volley column reviews PK and picks the Top 10 Bollywood films of 2014 — from Queen and Haider to Dedh Ishqiya and Filmistaan.

Pamela Druckerman's delightful reflection on the small, hard-won lessons of middle age — from spotting narcissists to the joy of unmedicated sleep.

Germany's CSU party proposed that immigrants 'should be obliged' to speak German at home — then, after nationwide mockery, rewrote the demand within days.

Preet Didbal, daughter of California farm laborers, was sworn in December 2, 2014 — the first Sikh American woman elected to a US city council.

The 'alkaline diet' claims your food can fix your body's pH — it can't. Here's what your body's acid-alkaline balance actually is, and what diet really can do.

Olivier Lafont, the French actor who played Suhas Tandon in 3 Idiots, launched his epic fantasy novel Warrior with Penguin India in late 2014.

Pope Francis joined Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Anglican and Orthodox leaders in a December 2014 Vatican declaration to end modern slavery by 2020.

In 2014, Imperial professor Chris Toumazou launched Geneu — skincare matched to your DNA via a 30-minute cheek-swab test.