Lauded as an “emergency contraceptive,” the morning after pill has recently arrived in India. Health officials say that the pill could cut down abortions, many of which are performed without the suitable training or facilities. Others fear that the pill, which is to be taken after intercourse, may encourage irresponsible activities, i.e. screwing [...]

From HTTabloid.com:
There’s one thing about India that Bill Clinton can’t stomach. On a private visit to Lucknow, the former US President declined to sample a mouth-watering Mughlai spread laid out in his honour.
Five-star chefs from Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata were left twiddling their thumbs in despair after American officials accompanying Clinton ordered red meat dishes [...]

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Indian Supreme Court in an attempt to classify newspapers with content deemed to be “sexually explicit” with an “A,” meant to indicate that the paper contains adult material. PIL head Ajay Goswami accuses Indian newspapers of “[catering] to prurient interest of the public at large,” in [...]

Rajdeep Sardesai, TV journalist and Editor-in-Chief of India Broadcast News criticized Indian news trends during the annual convocation of Pioneer Media School, stating that “News is increasingly becoming trivia, and trivia are being passed on as news.” Sardesai lamented that important news is often overshadowed by apparently less-important happenings like cricket and crime, stressing that [...]

Despite entering India almost 10 years ago, McDonald’s has never had a location in Kolkata - but that’s all to change in 2007. McDonald’s India Managing Director and Joint Venture Partner for North India Vikram Bakshi says that by “2006-07 we will be in a position to expand eastwards and our first outlet will be [...]

Delhi police have busted two major book piracy rackets, seizing tens of thousands of Western best sellers including 8,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, of which counterfeit editions were being sold rampantly in India just days after release last month. Harry Potter counterfeits were going for as little as Rs 175, compared [...]

Apparently bored with traditional relationships, Kapil Mehra adds a “dash of sexual fantasy” to his marital life by swapping his wife Radhika for other women at sexy parties. These parties are held at any venue where no one asks questions, such as a farmhouse or hotel, where the host hires a “qawwal” who sings suggestive [...]

According to a poll on HindustanTimes.com, a large majority of Indians feel that the rise of pornography is ruining their sex life. 25-year-old marketing executive Rajesh Kashyap says that trouble can start when a partner is expected to perform the same sex acts as stars do in porn videos, but can’t; which in turns makes [...]

Presumably intended for Indians who wish to jump off the deep end with Tom Cruise, books on Scientology are about to be released in India, printed in both English and Hindi. The books, intended to help people build self-confidence and explore their inner self, will be released in 13 major cities across the subcontinent. Books [...]

In what could be seen as a cry for gay rights, two Jharkhand women defied law and got married in a ceremony approved by and paid for by their families. Nitima Biruwa and Laxmi Bari wed last week in Bharbaria village of West Singhbhum district, with special thanks to Nitima’s brother Birsa who played a [...]