The Lock Down Diaries (IX) – Fighting The Virus On A Wing, A Prayer And An Acronym
Although it looks more unlikely every passing day we may yet bumble our way through this corona crisis, but it will be through an…
The Lock Down Diaries (VIII) – Feel A Little Shame For The Lost Soul Of A Nation
This is not about the sorry exodus of millions of our more unfortunate brothers and sisters playing out on prime TV these days. It…
The Lock Down Diaries (VII) – A Toast To The New Spirit Of India
Omar Khayyam ( no relation of Omar Abdullah) must be feeling vindicated today. Remember his paean to the grape? ” And this I know:…
The Lock Down Diaries (VI): Is Bharat Turning Its Back On India?
” We are all born ignorant” said Benjamin Franklin, “but one must work hard to remain stupid.” And no one is working harder at…
The Lock Down Diaries (V) – Killing Us With Kindness Or Confusion?
Long years ago when I was posted as a Deputy Commissioner in Himachal, we had a Chief Secretary who would personally pick up his…
The Lock Down Dairies (IV) – Every Dog Has His Day
Sex has been on my mind these last three weeks. Not of course as a practitioner or a voyeur of the amorous art, but…
The Lock Down Diaries (III)– Scraps Won’t Do, It’s Time For Universal Basic Income
It is time to accept that the global mayhem currently playing out has not all been created by the Coronavirus – it is a…
The Lock Down Diaries (II) – Missing Politicians And Mistaken Identities
Notwithstanding the rising corona count, most people would agree that our civil services, particularly in the districts, are doing a very fine job under…
The Lock Down Diaries (I) – Crosswords And The Stranger In The House
“Age doth not wither nor custom stale her infinite variety.” This is how Enobarbus described Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s classic, but if he had been…
Following The (Toilet) Paper Trail
So here’s your question of the week, dear reader: when an eighteen trillion dollar economy starts collapsing what do people rush to buy? If…