Columns

Jungle Raj and Bihar..!
Again and again, I hear the term “jungle raj” being tossed about like a rotten tomato at a fair, hurled
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November 3, 2025
Stampedes and the Police..!
It happens again. People gather to celebrate, to pray, to watch, or to cheer, and before the sun sets, screams
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November 3, 2025
My Harmonica and Our Country..!
My wife gifted me a harmonica for my birthday. Not because she thought I needed a new hobby, but because
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November 2, 2025
Your 127 Runs..!
Yesterday, I wrote about Jemima Rodrigues and her unbeaten hundred and twenty-seven runs that took India to the World Cup
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November 1, 2025
Batting for God..!
Was watching the interview of Jemima Rodrigues who with an unbeaten 127 runs against the mighty Australians, steered the Indian
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October 31, 2025
You, Me, and Police Encounters..!
Fifteen thousand encounters since 2017! Can you imagine that? Fifteen thousand men and women shot dead in so-called “encounters,” and
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October 30, 2025
Political Leaders and Their Pics..!
Every morning I open the newspaper, and what greets me? The smiling, smirking, sneering faces of our political leaders. I
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October 29, 2025
Compensation for Wrongful Conviction..!
I once met a man who had spent ten years in jail for a crime he never committed. When he
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October 28, 2025
Public Spaces, Private Fear..!
They were just two young women, Australian cricketers, guests of our nation, here to play the game we love more
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October 27, 2025
Singing for a Performance, Or…!
Last year I was given two invitations. One, to sing for a grand choir conducted by the legendary Zubin Mehta,
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October 26, 2025
Heaven Sees Your Heart..!
I remember once being asked by a young man, “Sir, do I need to be baptized to become a Christian?”
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October 25, 2025
Read, Read, Read..!
With three of my books lying with the publishers, I decided to give myself a small holiday. Not a trip
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October 24, 2025