Q8 India

In December 2010, Phaneesh Murthy went on a holiday to Hawaii. It was an opportunity not just for a soul recharge, but also to conquer a long-standing fear of heights.

Women in New York cannot be arrested for roaming the city topless, reports the New York Times.

Omar Gala hit world headlines after he was kicked out by Saudi religious police.

The Chinese admit to nicking knick-knacks such as lamps and artwork. The Italians prefer to loot linen, while most Indians make off with magazines.

An Indian-American marathoner and his family escaped unhurt from Monday’s deadly Boston Marathon bombings, but only after hours of anxiety as they searched for each other after the twin blasts.

Is the number of earthquakes increasing? It looks like that but actually earthquakes are not increasing in number.

After the Delhi gangrape incident, the television media in India hasn’t stopped portraying itself as the saviour of women; as the one entity that asked all those tough questions without which crimes against women would have remained unnoticed.

by Trina Nileena Banerjee

“Chal game shuru karein!” “Kaunsa game?” “Wahi jo propose karne ke baad, haan ya naa ka wait nahin karte, bas game shuru ho jaata hai!”

A diplomat coming to India to attend the wedding of a friend’s daughter was stopped by the customs department at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) recently.

In an elaborate April Fool's prank, YouTube announced on Sunday it was going dark for a decade, and that the site was merely an eight-year contest to find the best video.