Book - The Green Pen: Environmental Journalism in India and South Asia ; Editors: Keya Acharya and Frederick Noronha; Publisher: Sage; Price: Rs.395 Do journalists writing about the environment have special problems? Do they have special opportunities? Should they see themselves as a tribe apart? Where should they draw the line between journalism ...

In this time of economic turmoil and high unemployment, try this on for size: The chances are that the person you elected to represent you in the U.S. Congress not only has been traveling around the globe on your tax dollars, but also has been pocketing what's left of the daily expense money when the trip ends.

Man of the people? ... Tony Abbott at an International Women's Day event yesterday.

Being happy is just like being fit, with a new guidebook saying you need to hone the skills needed to attain this coveted emotion, a little every day, and remain upbeat even during the darkest times.

CBC Radio personality Michael Enright, American author and professor Claire Messud and British writer Ali Smith will make up the jury for the 2010 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Etemaad, Iran 's most prominent reformist daily paper, was closed along with two weekly publications, Irandokht and Sina, a week ago today.