The ripples in the otherwise silent judicial-waters notwithstanding, India has faith in its judiciary, especially the higher judiciary. To straitjacket the legislature and the executive to fit the constitution, judicial-activism is necessary. But only as long as there is equity in activism. The

India has ambitions. India has capabilities. India seeks its rightful place in the world. But India cannot afford unproductive engagement of its bandwidth by individuals, groups and states which have an agenda that contrasts the country’s. Without getting sentimental about it, let’s

There are some who want to stand out. Just for the heck of it. The woke would shout from the rooftop that it’s their right to name their children any which way they want. No gainsaying the fact. But deliberately choosing the names that hurt or pinprick, directly or indirectly, genuine

One must admire the magnanimity of Bangladesh for forgiving and shaking hands with killers and rapists of its own citizens. The people helming the affairs in Bangladesh (i.e., the Nondo Ghosh-es from within) don’t appear to have heard of Paulo Coelho’s (the Brazilian writer)

As the list of products and services offered through these Apps is getting longer and innovative every day, I would not be surprised if a service to scratch one’s scrotum actually sneaks into their offerings one day. As I am not very confident about my aging hands, I may

Welcomed first at the Bombay Port on arrival, a few days later he was feted at a big reception in the palatial house of Jehangir Petit (a Bombay businessman) which was attended mostly by Indian businessmen and Europeans. The number of Indian independence-activists

But how do you deal with a megalomaniac who messes with the ideological aspirations a country, damages its people emotionally and destroys the possibilities of good people coming together for an honest cause. Well, you make them irrelevant. Kejriwals

Left to the Woke, the prides-of-our-nation should have been brought back Business Class on Emirates savouring gourmet meals of champagne, caviar, prawn cocktails, pate’ & crackers, medium-rare steak, pineapple souffle and, not to forget, espresso during the

Circumstances create alternatives, not choices. Our history has examples galore where dark-horses or those not even in the reckoning have turned up as alternatives. Comforted, I (and other commoners like me) am not over-worried about finding an alternative to Prime

I never had any issue with the content of our history textbooks as I had no knowledge that our history had a much larger canvas painted upon by many individuals and institutions. Naïve it may sound, I always thought I am indebted only to those who find mention in my

During the small talks , one day, he innocently asked me as to why didn’t Indians marry Africans. George’s was a very simple observation but, as I started knowing the country and its people better, I realized there was much more seriousness to it.

As a returning Lucknowite, who was away for thirty-four years, I was at loss, initially, as to how to negotiate the ways of the city. It dawned on me, later, that the salt-n-pepper beard and moustache I sport need to be leveraged if I want to survive the indiscipline in the city.