Confessions Of A Bookworm
Hazaribagh in the early 1960s. I was ten when I first got to know Dr. Binoy Chatterjee: I don’t know how old he was,…
TAKE A BOW, GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE HIT ROCK BOTTOM
Even by the standards of our rapidly plummeting polity and social discourse the events of the last week have shocked all right (and left)…
Night Bus To Mandi
Most people would be surprised to learn that Himachal’s most iconic symbols are neither Preity Zingta nor Kangana Ranaut, it is the HRTC (the…
The SC Molestation Case: Changing The Narrative ?
There is a tendency in India for all powerful public figures to allege a “conspiracy” whenever they are charged with any wrong doing. The Chidambarams do so when they are enquired into in the Aircel-Maxis case, the PM when he is accused of irregularities in the Rafael deal, MJ Akbar when he is called out for giving interviews in his underwear, Kamal Nath when his aides are caught with crores of unaccounted lucre. The CJI has just added himself to the list.
Don’t Mix Up The Model Code With A Moral Code
What can be more ironical and hypocritical in these farcical times than the fact that a lady candidate’s allegedly khaki underwear has become the…
A Pox On All Their Houses !
The BJP, credit be given to it, is the cat which has jumped off many hot tin roofs but has always landed on its feet.
Purani Koti Diary – The Changing Rhythms Of Eden
Come March every year and I cannot wait to get back to my tiny village in the mountains after a seven month , soul…
AN UNSUITABLE CHOWKIDAR.
We don’t need a chowkidar, sir. What the country is in desperate need of is a wise, compassionate, tolerant, far-sighted Prime Minister who coopts the best (not the slavishly loyal, like you have done) talent in our land and listens to them.
The Silence Of The Generals
Everything in life has a foil, an exact opposite which by contrast gives meaning to an object or idea. Thus a hero has an…
Watering Holes And Morgue Masalas
Watering holes are essential retreats for all species, in the real jungle or the urban one. They provide much needed R+R and the…