Last year on the 27th June a get-together was organised at the Houses of Parliament to give a certificate/award to all the letter writers who have contributed to the AV & GS over the years. This is a novel idea and gives the contributors the...

The Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on a large scale in several parts of India. The history of Sarvajanik (public) Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharashtra is centuries old, owing its origin to the late Lokmanya Tilak.

Below is a letter that appeared on page 14 in the August 19th issue of The Economist.

Independence Day was celebrated with the expected pomp and circumstance, with a measured speech to the nation by President Ram Nath Kovind and one more robust and rousing by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They ticked the right boxes, from the...

It’s the summer holidays and we read of teenage Islamic terrorists in Spain. A college principal offered the following words from a judge who regularly deals with youth.

A driver who smashed into the front of the shop when he was more than three times the drink drive limit has been banned for 28 months. Sukhdev Mehmi crashed into the front of Best Price Bathrooms in Belgrave Gate at 5.08am while a member of...

Good health is not an overnight achievement. It is the outcome of good habits that one follows since early ages or childhood. A lot of course depends on the parents, and the diet they adhere to at home. The truth is that there is a common belief...

We have all heard the saying that one should eat breakfast like a king. Breakfast helps in restoring glucose levels, an essential carbohydrate required for our brain functions. Most of us tend to miss out on this meal in a hurry to get to office...

The barrister of acquitted driver Rashminder Singh Gill criticised the police during his trial for putting him in a cell overnight when he had just learned of the deaths of his wife and son.

Week commencing 25/08/17