Baap Re AAP
There is nothing quite like an Indian election: it is, to borrow from The Times of India's slogan, 'the dance of democracy'. Yesterday, was yet another remarkable moment in...
Farewell Diptoshda
Journalism can leave you with tattered minds and bloated egoes: so were the wise words imparted to me by the late RK Laxman early on in my career. He...
Delhi polls a ‘class war’ between ‘mufflerman’ and supreme leader
Just before the December 2013 Delhi elections, our housekeeper, who has been the mainstay of our home for over a decade, came with a special request. “Sir, I want...
The Uncommon Genius
For the first six years and a bit of my professional life, the common man was an intrinsic part of my life. Every morning, a little after 9 am,...
Republic Day Memories
Every Republic Day brings back memories of another day, another time. I was entering my teens when I arrived in Delhi for the first time to participate in the...
Kejriwal vs Bedi contest has opened a fascinating window in Indian politics
The year 2011 was the year of Anna Hazare, as a septuagenarian activist was literally lifted out of near-retirement to be projected as a modern-day Gandhi. Four years later,...
Good Luck Dr Bedi
Dr Kiran Bedi is an accomplished woman, one I respect and admire. A few years ago, I was a media representative at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad and...
Capital Showdown
So, the bugle has been sounded: after exactly a year Delhi is set to get an elected government. In a country where a week can be a long time...
The Courage of a cartoonist
And then they came for the cartoonists. The Indian Express headline this morning is quite brilliantly apt, more so because it reveals the cowardice of the hooded men with...
The Sunanda Mystery
Shashi Tharoor went to my school in Mumbai; an old school tie can be a special bond. I do not choose to defend Mr Tharoor or give him a...