Stories by Rachel O’Brien

Balkan pepper relish stirs appetites and pride

LESKOVAC: It’s a source of Balkan rivalry but one ubiquitous smell: the wood-fire roasting of peppers wafting...

Published 05 Oct, 2017 05:50am

French-Serbian film turns migrant crisis on its head

BELGRADE: A new French-Serbian film portrays a migrant crisis in which tens of thousands of people are trying to...

Published 02 Jul, 2016 06:29am

Milosevic allies in power with new look, 15 years on

BELGRADE: When jubilant crowds stormed Belgrade’s parliament 15 years ago and ousted Serbian strongman Slobodan...

Published 04 Oct, 2015 06:35am

Centuries-old Chinese fishing tradition fades on Indian shores

KOCHI: Tugging ropes and bellowing chants, five men hoist from the water a huge spidery frame gripping a web of...

Published 16 Oct, 2014 06:26am

Young Indian shakes up fashion with prints and pret

25-year-old Masaba Gupta is already a leading name in Indian fashion.

Published 21 Aug, 2014 06:04am

India outsources chores as servant culture shifts

People have stopped doing things the old-fashioned way. The labour costs for full time staff are high, said Ahirwar.

Updated 24 Jul, 2014 10:21am

Hindu hardliners see Modi as soulmate

Critics say the dream of the RSS and BJP is to convert India into a Hindu nation.

Updated 20 May, 2014 12:19pm

Parsis confront threat to existence at Mumbai gathering

MUMBAI: The four-day World Zoroastrian Congress, beginning Friday, brings together followers of one of the world’s...

Published 27 Dec, 2013 08:25am

US diplomat row overlooks Indian maids’ plight

MUMBAI: Americans were shocked at the alleged $3.31-per-hour wage paid to an Indian diplomat’s housekeeper in a...

Published 22 Dec, 2013 07:46am

Photojournalist gang-raped in Mumbai

MUMBAI: Five men gang-raped a woman photographer in India's financial hub Mumbai, police said on Friday, fuelling...

Updated 24 Aug, 2013 08:43am

Women tourists deserting India after attacks: survey

NEW DELHI: The number of foreign women tourists visiting India has dropped by 35 per cent in the past three months following a spate of sex attacks that have made global headlines, a new survey has found.

Published 02 Apr, 2013 05:01am

Indian cartoonist jailed ahead of sedition trial

MUMBAI: An Indian court on Monday sent a cartoonist to jail to await trial on sedition charges over sketches that lampoon government corruption, triggering an outcry from freedom of expression campaigners

Published 10 Sep, 2012 11:03pm