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Don’t take away my right to (mis)education!
6 Sep 2014 9:24 PM GMTHad I been the dictator of India, I would have introduced Gita and Mahabharata in class one. That is the way you learn how to live life,’ declared one...
In Search of Seoul
10 Aug 2014 9:32 PM GMTThe fish and the sea, the karaoke bars and the cafes. Even the short skirts are whiffing of metropolis air.The second impression was that of an...
Not at home in the world
28 July 2014 9:32 PM GMTO global citizens of India! I understand your plea for solidarity in support of Gaza. I also sympathise with your righteous rage that makes you...
Strangers in the city
16 July 2014 7:57 PM GMTI have returned to ‘live’ in Calcutta, now Kolkata, the city of my birth, after a decade. As it happens, all of one’s childhood and adolescent...
Urban legends of noble savage
7 July 2014 9:06 PM GMTIn the wake of the recent spate of controversies regarding the way violation, rape and brutalisation of women is being used as an analogy by...
The Yak and the Yeti
15 Jun 2014 11:08 PM GMTThe Monpa people are hardworking. Their gods are peaceful. Their toil leaves them little time for miseducation. Their women work on the roads. Their...
The Regress into Modi
14 May 2014 5:18 PM GMTIt’s time for the new-look India to take a look at their voting ballots. The foreign-educated, Macbook wielding junta who are chugging gallons of free...
All about the Big Fat Indian Family
23 May 2013 2:10 PM GMTThe Indian family’s universal acclaim as a holder of sacred values, as a carrier and preserver of traditions, and as the champion of ancient and...