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Just Like That: Sabarimala temple debate on faith, equality and path to reform

India, March 8 -- Last week, at the conclave of a national TV channel, I was in an interesting debate on the question of religious customs and traditions, and the right to change them, either by citiz... Read More


Just Like That: India's colonial hangover in choosing dog breeds

India, March 1 -- Are Indians, individually and as a society, kind or cruel to animals? On the surface, compassion should come naturally. Many worship the cow as a mother, revere the monkey as a manif... Read More


Pakistan's cricket mirrors suffocation of its civic life

India, Feb. 21 -- Can we infer that in sports, a team's performance reflects, in some sense, the psychic health of a nation? I ask this question after watching the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup cricket... Read More