New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- My Uttam Kumar story is merely a second-hand one. Apparently the great Bengali movie star once came to the house next door. The son-in-law of that house knew him and had produce... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Wi-Fi password at the hotel was "happiness." But of course. What else would it be in Bhutan, the country that gave us the idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH)? I was invi... Read More
New Delhi, July 31 -- If you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly, you are evil; morals have aesthetic criteria. -Attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche As the dust settled on the Jant... Read More
New Delhi, July 18 -- "I came to India to retire in 1999. It hasn't worked. Not at all. It's a stupid idea I had." Isla Van Damme has had quite a life. Sorry, that is the wrong tense. Isla Van Damme ... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- The war in Iran had just started. I was meeting an American friend for coffee in San Francisco. There were "No Kings" posters on shop windows around us, symbols of protest against... Read More
New Delhi, June 19 -- The building, like many buildings in Kolkata, had seen better days. An old three-storey house, with slatted windows and trellis patterns on its balcony, faded by sun and rain. Th... Read More