The entire citizenry of India is undergoing a crisis that everyone takes for granted and does not realize - there is a complete loss of trust in all unelected bodies that were till...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions Two young TV journalists, a few years out of journalism school, work under a demanding editor, who has impeccable but always-anonymous sources. They admire...

Keeping a few Nazis off the streets of Skokie will serve Jews poorly if it means that the freedoms to speak, publish or assemble are thereby weakened ~ Aryeh Neie, ACLU Executive Director in 1979,...

For those who waited patiently and those who harangued us endlessly for our perspective on the Ambani-Moily FIR, here it is. Thanks for your patience, and apologies for the delay - While the...

प्यारे भैया जी, गाँव से प्रेमपाती आई - मालूम चला आपने उस कलमुंही को निकाल दिया। अच्छा ही किया - कल के बच्चे, ज़रा कलम क्या थमा दो हाथ में, फड़फड़ करने लगते हैं...

There are two things that define modern Indian culture more than anything else: Bollywood and cricket. Throughout my travels and years spent abroad the first thing that people mentioned to me once they...

Scene: At the library of a prominent centre for French learning: Yours truly is a grammar Nazi of sorts (yes, even in a language that I cannot speak much), but luckily for me,...

Yes, time travel is possible. Yes, I did come back sixty years from now to talk to you - me, that is. God, this is going to be confusing for me - for...

A strange conversationThrough the privilege of being a Reiki teacher, I often get to hear a lot of interesting statements from a large number of people. One of the conversations that left me...

बचपन से अजीब अजीब सवाल: 1. तुम गलत हाथ क्यों इस्तेमाल करते हो ? 2. बाएं हाथ इस्तेमाल करने वाले शैतान होते हैं 3. क्या आप मुस्लिम हैं, बायें हाथ तो सिर्फ मुस्लिम...

एक अपराधी संजय दत्त को 1993 में हुए मुंबई बम धमाकों के मुकदमे में 5 साल की सज़ा क्या हुई पूरे देश में विचित्र (?) लोगों द्वारा भावनाओं का सैलाब उमड़ पड़ा और...

The Boy and The ManOnce upon a time, a small boy in a dusty town used to sell chai. He was not particularly fond  of what he used to see around  himself -...