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When Lords is Not Cricket
Just when we as a nation were wondering how Indian would Kamala Harris be, an Irishman has come forth boldly to throw light on the...
Nov 23, 20203 min read


PG Wodehouse: Why India still holds a flame for the English author
PG Wodehouse, creator of Jeeves and Bertie Wooster, was the most English novelist imaginable. His comic world was old-fashioned well...
Nov 22, 20205 min read


Can Trump Afford to Lose?
Giovannino Guareschi, the wry Italian writer who created the Don Camillo series, lived by a personal credo under Nazi persecution – I...
Nov 7, 20204 min read


Pompeo’s ‘strong remarks’ are needed to send a message to China
Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state, hit out at China for being “no friend to democracy, the rule of law, transparency nor to freedom of...
Oct 28, 20202 min read


A mirror for Dr Kissinger
So Richard Nixon found Indian women unattractive and sexless. We shall not ask what Indian women thought of Richard Nixon: after all he...
Sep 25, 20203 min read


নোট পড়া শেষ করেই বাংলা উপন্যাসে মন
প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়ের প্রয়াণ-সংবাদটি যখন প্রথম কানে এল, বিশ্বাসই হচ্ছিল না। উনি ছিলেন যাকে বলে এক চিরস্থায়ী ব্যক্তিত্ব।...
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Of borders, walls and barriers
A closely guarded barrier—part concrete wall, part fence—separates the West Bank from Israel. Palestinian residents of the West Bank can...
Aug 28, 20203 min read


Kamala Harris and Her Race to the White House
At one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
Aug 18, 20204 min read


In Droll Londongrad
London steals a march over Washington, DC with its drollery, if that is the mot juste that Jeeves would have approved. Nothing is allowed...
Aug 4, 20203 min read
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