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Oath in the Capital!

India, Jan. 5 -- While the rest of the world sits with diaries open and gym memberships renewed, resolving to drink more water and scroll less, something far more honest happens in the capital of Indi... Read More


Fear Not

India, Dec. 29 -- I love the national anthem. You do not question it. You stand up, straighten your back, look noble and sing it with more enthusiasm than talent. I have sung it in school halls, dusty... Read More


Double-Engined Hypocrisy!

India, Dec. 1 -- The last thing I ever want to do is to bring down the name of a film actor who has just passed away. I loved his charisma and admired the powerful screen presence he carried into ever... Read More


Intellectuals as Terrorists!

India, Nov. 24 -- I blinked twice when I read what the Delhi police told the Supreme Court. They said that sometimes intellectuals are more dangerous than a terrorist. Was this the voice of a non-inte... Read More


Bihar and Prashant Kishor!

India, Nov. 17 -- As I look at the Bihar election results, I am not going to spend time on the poor show by the opposition. I have always maintained that unless the Congress and other parties pull up ... Read More


Iran, India and Hypocrisy!

India, Oct. 27 -- I read today that Iran, the same country where women are beaten, jailed and even killed for not wearing the hijab, witnessed quite a spectacle. The daughter of one of its senior defe... Read More


Death in the Skies!

India, Oct. 13 -- It was with deep sadness that I read of the death of an aged Indian cardiologist while flying on Qatar Airways. A man who had spent his life saving hearts lost his own somewhere in t... Read More