Helen Pidd

Why India is no place to be a woman

IN an ashram perched high on a hill above the noisy city of Guwahati in north-east India is a small exhibit commemorating the life of India's most famous son. Alongside an uncomfortable-looking divan where Mahatma Gandhi once slept is a display reminding Published 24 Jul, 2012 11:01pm

Anger over footage of sexual assault

NEW DELHI: Indians have reacted with anger and disgust over video footage of a young woman being sexually assaulted by a laughing mob of more than a dozen men in a busy street outside a bar in north-east India. Published 17 Jul, 2012 03:56am

Nazi hunter for president

BERLIN: A Nazi hunter famous for giving a German chancellor a slap in the face will stand against the favourite, Joachim Gauck, in the race to be Germany’s next president. Beate Klarsfeld, 73, has been chosen as Published 29 Feb, 2012 10:58pm

UK refuses to hand Stasi files to Bonn

BRITAIN has been accused of “sheltering communists” after refusing to hand over a cache of Stasi files revealing the names of British spies who worked for the former East German secret intelligence agency during the Cold War. Published 30 Dec, 2011 12:00am

Secret service link to terror cell shocks Germany

ZWICKAU: A German intelligence agent was at the scene of one of the 10 murders carried out by neo-Nazi terrorists, the domestic security service has confirmed, fuelling speculation that the killers` movements Published 16 Nov, 2011 11:01pm

Suu Kyi`s family life revealed

She is known to the world as a human rights activist who has spent 14 of the last 20 years under house arrest as... Published 19 Jun, 2010 12:00am

Verdict on Animal Farm

It is regularly voted one of the best books of all time, a timeless piece of satire which has never gone out of ... Published 19 Apr, 2009 12:00am

A football ballet

WHEN the English National Ballet (ENB) announced a new work which interpreted 10 great footballing moments through... Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am