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Constitution represents our civilisational ethos

India, June 15 -- These days it has become fashionable for political leaders to swear by the Constitution, and even flaunt a copy of it in public rallies. Yet few are fully aware of the drama and swea... Read More


How the Constitution came to represent our civilisational ethos

India, June 14 -- These days it has become fashionable for political leaders to swear by the Constitution, and even flaunt a copy of it in public rallies. Yet few are fully aware of the drama and swea... Read More


Just Like That | Deepika Padukone and the debate about work culture in Bollywood

India, June 8 -- Deepika Padukone has initiated an interesting debate in our film industry. Allegedly, in the forthcoming Telugu magnum opus, Spirit, directed by Sandeep Vanga Reddy, where she was to ... Read More


Just Like That | The healthiest diet is the one rooted in moderation

India, June 1 -- The other day I met an elderly lady, a good friend, proud of the fact that she looks much younger than her actual age, who was suffering the consequences of going on an extreme high p... Read More


Just Like That: Why a Delhi couple's artistic passion shines through the mundane

India, May 25 -- In the municipal hustle of metropolises, one often runs into people who stand out for the simple fact that they are above the conventional seductions that motivate most other people. ... Read More


Meet Charvakas, India's modern ancient thinkers

India, May 18 -- Would you think that an ideology that considers the Vedas to be "incoherent rhapsodies" suffering from contradictions, errors, untruths and tautology, could be part of Hinduism? Would... Read More


Meet the Charvakas, the most modern of our ancient thinkers

India, May 17 -- Would you think that an ideology that considers the Vedas to be "incoherent rhapsodies" suffering from contradictions, errors, untruths and tautology, could be part of Hinduism? Would... Read More


Just Like That | Trenches in Delhi: Childhood memories of 1962 China War

India, May 11 -- As a child during the 1962 India-China war, I remember watching workers dig up the roundabout near our Lutyens' bungalow-transforming it into a trench, a makeshift shelter in case of ... Read More


Just Like That: A mellow ode to the gramophone and vinyl

India, May 4 -- How many of the younger generation are familiar with the magic of the gramophone? For most of them-and rightly so-it is a collectible antique, to be used for display. But very hazily, ... Read More


Just Like That| British museums: Curators of plundered Indian wealth, culture

India, April 27 -- To be honest, I don't like to visit British museums. This has nothing to do with any aversion to British aesthetics, or some of the genuinely beautiful things displayed in them. My ... Read More