India, March 2 -- If this were a leap year, there would have been a February 29, instead of March 1 following February 28. And leaplings, as those born on February 29 are called, are regarded by popul... Read More
India, Feb. 21 -- Sundays, I dread. For me, they are an unmitigated bane. Few are likely to agree with this, barring some fellow "super seniors". Members of that fragile community know what I mean. Th... Read More
India, Jan. 25 -- On our Republic Day, four persons, all four trained in law, come powerfully to mind - BR Ambedkar, the first law minister of independent India who is celebrated as the architect of t... Read More
India, Jan. 10 -- Mani Shankar Aiyar is, in Tamil English, a "don't-care-master". He does not care a hoot about what others think and say of him or his views. This has worked to his detriment. He also... Read More
India, Dec. 31 -- Did anything end yesterday, the 31st of December? Has anything begun today, the 1st of January, that is new, different? Nothing, except the calendar and the diary. Come tomorrow, and... Read More
India, Dec. 21 -- Delhi's toxic air is a scandal, a global scandal. And it is going to be so, for the foreseeable future. Just imagine, visualise, this conversation between a young Delhi-based corpora... Read More
India, Dec. 20 -- Delhi's toxic air is a scandal, a global scandal. And it is going to be so, for the foreseeable future. Just imagine, visualise, this conversation between a young Delhi-based corpora... Read More