Phnom Penh: Rising from the Ashes
A busy street in Phnom Penh Our bus from Siem Reap reached Phnom Penh by dusk. The…
2015
Pulling the Trigger
After my car broke down last night just outside the city, I walked into this strange…
Peer-ing into the Abyss
Last month, we learnt from highly placed sources that the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir…
Songs of the Red River
“And over the village slipped the days, passing into the nights; the weeks flowed by, the…
Guests, Some More Equal Than Others
Delhi’s hoardings usually skew towards the political. These days, they are prey to the ongoing battle…
The Story-Writing Experience and Creative Problems of Expression
I apologise that in opening this subject I am going to have to pass through my…
Give Me Your Sorrows
Rajinder Singh Bedi is universally regarded as one of the four greatest Urdu fiction writers in…
Going to Dismaland
In 1986, the Italian philosopher Umberto Eco had this to say about Disneyland: “An allegory of…
Fault Lines
Is baar danga bahut bada tha Khoob hui thi khoon ki baarish Agle saal achchhi…
The Politics of Porn
“Nothing can more efficiently destroy a person, fizzle their mind, evaporate their future, eliminate their…