KOLKATA, India — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a man accused of raping an Irish woman who volunteered at a children's charity in the ...

This is what Muslim girls and women -- at the bottom of the totem pole -- are clamoring for. And to me that is the single most encouraging indicator for the future success of Muslim girls and women as they become integrated and respected members of their families and communities.

If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior. Has she not greater intuition, is she not more self-sacrificing, has she not greater powers of endurance, has she not greater courage?

In the small hilly Indian state of Meghalaya, a matrilineal system operates with property names and wealth passing from mother to daughter rather than...

By Nitin Jugran Bahuguna NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (IPS) - It has been more than eight years since the January 2001 earthquake struck the Indian state of G...

Sex toys are illegal in India - their purchase or use - which is one reason for their high demand as gifts from abroad, now that Sex and the City and the internet has spread news of their existence.