Heaven of Freedom
A poem/prayer for the 70th independence day (inspired by Tagore) Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where no one tells me what to...
Why I will not speak on the Arnab-Barkha ‘war’
A website rang me up last evening asking if I would like to express an opinion on the ongoing ‘war’ between Arnab Goswami and Barkha Dutt on tv and...
Terror has an address
‘So, why is it that every terror attack involves a Muslim?’ It’s a question that’s asked with rising anger after every terror attack. It’s not an invalid question in...
Burhan Wani and Patriot Games
During the 1983 Falklands war, a member of the Margaret Thatcher government angrily described the BBC as the ‘Stateless People’s Broadcasting Corporation’ because it referred to the forces as...
How you can help Marathwada
A number of people have been asking me how they can help the farmers of Marathwada. Here is how: Dilasa Janvikas Pratisthan Bank: State Bank of India, Station Road,...
Cast aside on Campus
At the height of the FTII agitation last year, a senior minister rang up to complain at what he termed the “excessive” focus on the student protests. “These are...
Azad: Hero or Zero?
My cricket memories of Kirti Azad are of him clean bowling Ian Botham with a ball that never left the ground during India’s semi final triumph in the historic...
The Bihar Wave: My takeaways
A) Elections are always about arithmetic, occasionally about chemistry. 2015 Bihar has been about a bit of both: the caste arithmetic of the...
Jai Khanistan
Long before Sharukh Khan, there was the original post Independence superstar: Dilip Kumar, or rather Yusuf Khan. There are two stories as to why Yusuf became Dilipsaab. The first...
Bihar 10 takeaways
After almost a week of criss crossing Bihar, the big question remains: who is winning the battle for one of the country’s most politically significant states? So, here are...