When Jerusalem called on Mukteshwar
It was October 1945. World War II had just ended. Atomic weapons had been deployed for the first time in history. Millions of lives had...
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All Writings
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
Donald Trump’s 1,001 insults
A friend invariably refers to Trump as Drumpf. I thought it was a nickname inspired by The Smurfs and doused generously with indignation....
- Oct 30, 2022
- 3 min
Will Camilla wear the Kohinoor?
A delightful clip on Twitter brightened the autumnal grey beyond my window: Liz Truss arriving for her weekly meeting with King Charles...
- Oct 2, 2022
- 3 min
The urbane and dignified Naresh Kumar
The world was still young and fresh, and life was an adventure waiting to unfold. I was not yet 12. A Phillips transistor radio, gifted...
- Sep 6, 2022
- 4 min
The uphill road that awaits PM Liz Truss
Even as Liz Truss enters 10 Downing Street as the United Kingdom (UK)’s fourth prime minister (PM) in the last six years, she will be...
- Sep 1, 2022
- 6 min
Cauldron of Conflicts | West Asia at War
The Middle East – or West Asia, depending on where one sits – is the cradle of civilisations, the birthplace of three major religions,...
- Aug 31, 2022
- 4 min
Bhai Kahan Singh, the Renaissance man
Max Arthur Macauliffe, acclaimed British scholar and author of the six-volume monumental work, The Sikh Religion, had this to say of Bhai...
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
How and why Japan wants its youth to booze more
Should five per cent appear too small/ Be thankful I don’t take it all… said the taxman in the famous Beatles number. But then there is...
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
The diplomat as scholar
Time was when Indian diplomats, having done with decades of writing policy notes, cables and speeches, would settle down in their...
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