Colonial cousins

Pankaj Mishra?s new book offers quite an engaging reading of Asia?s intellectual response to Western colonialism, but only until it…

Paradise reclaimed

Peace has returned to Kashmir, and so have tourists. Handicraft workshops are buzzing, hotels are fully booked and the vendors,…

When govts weigh in

When it comes to supporting thousands of industrial jobs, governments do weigh in. So, it was not surprising to see…

Finding Greenspan

Robert Shiller?s Finance and the Good Society is a welcome first step in the journey to rescue the defenders of…

Welcome to 1984

It was not so long ago when Savita Bhabhi walked our digital streets, before the Nanny State chased her away…

Blue lagoon

A school of fish whooshed beneath my snorkeling goggles while an octopus glided gently out of view.

Dew drops & deodars

A deafening crack overhead, a flash of lightning, and the lights went out. Someone squealed, while the resort staff ran…

The prophet of Palo Alto

As my black-and-yellow taxi halted at the traffic signal in Bandra where the road forks towards Navi Mumbai, I fished…

Palace intrigues

When he spoke, the oceans rose. When he walked, the ground shook. When he invoked hope, the world wept rivers.

Faith and firearms

As I stepped out of my office opposite Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus in Mumbai on the night of 26/11/2008, ten terrorists…