Columns

Please Believe Us..!
So now we’re sending a delegation. Yes, a “Truth Team,” armed with PowerPoint presentations, handshakes, and Shashi Tharoor’s vocabulary, to
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May 24, 2025
Ceremonial Power, Colonial Palaces..!
Some years ago, I had the privilege—or perhaps the irony—of being accommodated in a guest house inside the Rashtrapati Bhavan
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May 22, 2025
Air-Vents All Clogged Sir..!
The AC in my bedroom conked out in the middle of the night. Not sputtered. Not whimpered. It just gave
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May 21, 2025
Why Only Him?
So, I read the news today, and lo and behold—our honourable Supreme Court had taken suo motu action. Yes, that
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May 20, 2025
Ping-Pong Wisdom..!
Two speeches. One I was invited to give. The other, I invited myself to speak at. Both occasions ended with
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May 19, 2025
Not Goodbye but Good Morning..!
It’s a strange feeling, this thing called goodbye. Not the kind you say at airports—those are often filled with soggy
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May 18, 2025
Are You a Perfect Pest?
You there! Yes, you—you who are politely reading this over a cup of coffee. I have a question for you.
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May 16, 2025
Bridges Going Nowhere…!
“Interesting sculpture,” said a friend a year ago, as we drove past the Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, Mumbai, while pointing
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May 16, 2025
Dare to be Aligned..!
This Saturday, I’ve been asked to speak to a gathering about my book DARE. Now, you’d think I’d strut in
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May 15, 2025
Holding Onto Their Chair..!
Every now and then someone tells me with eyes wide and voice reverent, “You know, that national leader is old
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May 14, 2025
Stop Playing in the Sandpit…!
The ceasefire was announced a few days ago, but looks like we’re still playing in the sandpit of war. Yes,
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May 13, 2025
Disagreement Isn’t Disloyalty…!
The other day I made the mistake of saying I didn’t agree with a certain policy of the government. I
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May 12, 2025