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Kashmir and Sons of the Soil..!

Even as I hear jubilation from all corners of India, and men and women clothed in saffron and otherwise, expressing

August 10, 2019

Let Your Rolex Go Missing..!

’Twas just the other day I read about a contest which offered a luxury sedan as a prize, and I

August 9, 2019

Kashmir: A Healing..!

Without going into the merits or demerits of the events in Kashmir, I feel that India has the biggest opportunity

August 8, 2019

RIP Sushma Swaraj..!

It’s been just over three years ago, I heard that my closest friend, a novelist, dramatist, and also a newspaper

August 7, 2019

Being UnIndian..!

With patriotism being questioned, sedition being defined and a strange nationalism being the criteria for motherland loyalty, we may have a confused

August 6, 2019

Singing In the Kitchen..!

It’s an old house in the outskirts of Bangalore. I marvel at the fact they have not pulled it down.

August 5, 2019

Pick Up the Baton and Run..!

Quite often I meet people who tell me about what they would have become if they had made some right

August 4, 2019

Why Did I Take the Train?

“Why did you take the train?” asked my friend, as he met me on the platform and stared curiously at

August 3, 2019

The Open Grave..!

’Twas an open grave I passed on my way out of the cemetery: Quite often gravediggers dig graves beforehand and

August 2, 2019

How Dare You..!

A young girl, known to me, wrote to a priest saying very politely that though she respected him, she was

August 1, 2019

Suicide and an Anchor..!

As I read about the suicide of Café Coffee Day’s Siddhartha I realized that slowly but surely, suicides in the

July 31, 2019

Alligator in a Gutter..!

You and I have seen videos of snakes being pulled out of flats and bungalows, but I was pretty astounded

July 30, 2019

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