The hysteria around the sale of The Scream is as powerful as the painting itself.

Keep cyberspace safe from the clutches of motivated people, writes Subimal Bhattacharjee.

Britain can now deport Abu Hamza to the US to stand trial. This is good news for a nation which spends millions of pounds on the upkeep of terrorists like him.
Farrukh Dhondy writes.
Jim Yong Kim will have to draw on his earlier experience of fighting HIV-Aids and TB to revive the ailing World Bank. Richard Adams writes.
What, me worry?" said Alfred E Neuman famously in the illustrated border of the first magazine version of Mad in July 1955 and made the phrase synonymous with unquestioning vapidity.
Even the best MCD team won't be able to resolve Delhi's myriad problems.
As the final bell goes off in my daughter's school, a ripple of anticipation runs through a group of children waiting at the gate. Tiny hands stretch through eager to touch those on the other side.

Did mine eyes and ears deceive me, or did the Pakistanis seem almost desperate to portray relations with India as being all sunshine and light?
Chanakya writes.

I never thought logging onto the Mumbai traffic police website would trigger such realisation. Flashing on the page is a statement that reads, “From January 1 till March 31, 2012 3720 drivers has been sent to simple imprisonment for Drunk Driver.”
A disciple asked his guru,” Does God become happy when we pray?” The saint, who was a scholar of the Vedas said, “God neither becomes happy with the person who remembers him nor he develops a feeling of hostility towards those who are atheists. Neela Sood reports.

Unlike Gandhi, BR Ambedkar believed that compulsion can bring about conversion. Thanks to this, caste-based discrimination and prejudice are on the decline today.
Abhijit Banerjee writes.

Zardari's India visit could have been with an eye on elections in Pakistan.
Vinod Sharma writes.
"We are not interested in talent. We are only interested in toilets." Sujata Anandan writes.

To beat procurement delays, India must start building its own defence equipment.
PK Vasudeva writes.

Health can be a crucial area of cooperation for the fledging alliance. Anjali Nayyar writes.