India, July 6 -- Outside my bedroom in Delhi is a platform on which water is kept in an earthen bowl for birds. To my surprise, a great many come to quench their thirst. Of course, the most common are... Read More
India, June 29 -- I am writing this column from Srinagar. It is peaceful and very much the paradise it always was. My wife and I are the guests of an old friend, Jyoti Wazir, whose father-in-law was t... Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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