America. The greatest democracy in the world. Or so they claim. But being ‘murica, they don’t stop at claiming. They want to prove it. So they hold a pageant every four years. A...

More than "Raj, नाम तो सुना ही होगा", more than "señorita", even more than "आओ, आओ", the dialogue that defines Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) is "जा, सिमरन जा, जी ले अपनी ज़िंदगी"....

There is currently a major debate raging about the "heartlessness" of Europe. Syrians have been fleeing their country in droves and a few died in the journey recently. A particular photo of a...

What do Tulsidas, Surdas, Kabir, Rahim Das & Tansen have in common? They all lived and created immortal art during Akbar’s reign. Each in his own way created not just pieces of art...

In today’s papers in Raipur there’s a harrowing tale. A gang run by a couple kidnaps young girls, has them raped, and convinces them that they have nowhere to go now. The girls,...

Is death penalty an antidote to terror? Read on Remember Gadkari-Kejriwal affair? When Kejriwal went to jail because he has no substantive reason for calling Gadkari “India’s most corrupt”. At that time, a...

Masaan. (शमशान, the site of cremation). Masaan revolves around the ghats of Banaras. It's a story... well let's call it a story. There are two, in fact. And in those two stories, there...

Very little left to say, really. The spectacle is spectacular, the ambition towering, and the vision grand. Most importantly, the writing was better than I expected. Alas, the acting is lack luster, music dull...

Ever since US decided that the Shah of Iran was the right ruler for Iran, US has been wrong about Iran. He was a despot, a torturer and a cruel man who seemed...

Greece Crisis: All markets are going down. Gold prices are rising. Another crisis is imminent. 2 countries have led us here. One an old culprit, second an unlikely offender. The obvious culprit is...

What exactly are Smart Cities? This is not another one of those pipe dreams that politicians talk about and that never amount to anything concrete. Smart here does not mean imposing IT and...

I was recently talking with friends about the weirdness of Lefties, as I so often do. They really are a weird, incomprehensible bunch. In this instance, though, it was to do with their...