Aug 17, 20204 minKamala Harris and Her Race to the White HouseAt one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
Aug 3, 20203 minIn Droll LondongradLondon steals a march over Washington, DC with its drollery, if that is the mot juste that Jeeves would have approved. Nothing is allowed...
Jul 14, 20204 minNeither East, Nor West, Only China“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
Jul 11, 20203 minKiss, tell, earnBut for the occasional, accidental one, we do not get too many revealing books by insiders of high offices. Perhaps because our insiders...
Jun 13, 20203 minWinter of Warsaw 1985Pandemic pictures have given way to visuals of spiralling protests against the brutal police killing of a black man. Pictures on instant...
Jun 8, 20201 minBreaking the Fever, Episode 11 with Navtej SarnaBreaking the Fever: a perspective from India with diplomat and author Ambassador Navtej Sarna. How is the pandemic affecting India? How...
May 16, 20203 minOn human dignityGrandpa buried his pa with his own hand, done it in dignity, an’ shaped the grave nice with his own shovel. That was a time when a man...
May 2, 20203 minThe Mirror and the Light | The WeekBeheadings at the Tower of London seem to have been the bread and butter of medieval England. Thomas Cromwell is thinking of his...
Apr 18, 20203 minAny man’s death diminishes meThis too shall pass, though the price will be high. Human nature will bounce back. Many sincere resolutions will be consigned to...