Recalling Saigon
At the Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia, I waited for flight VN818 to Saigon; ‘Homeward Bound’…
2012
Bollywood and the death of Urdu
“zabaan-e-hind hai urdu to maathe pe shikan kyun hai vatan mein be-vatan kyun hai” The tragedy…
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Hollywood’s latest offering from the fantasy film genre, Snow White & the Huntsman, makes it clear…
Constructing the Martyr
“Non violence is a piece of theatre. You need an audience. What can you do when…
Beyond Black and White
By the time you will be reading this article, this year’s European Championships would have been…
Race for the Raisina or a fight for 2014?
In India, the post of the President is one of the most ineffective. The Indian Presidents…
Return of the Camp
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who have seen ‘Gunda’, and those…
Standard & Poor’s: The Dark Side
The Congress, the BJP, the media and the corporates went berserk after global rating agency, Standard…
Peace or Paranoia?
A few weeks back, I met three journalists in Delhi. Two of them had flown from…
A Padma on the Sand Dunes
When folk music maestro, Saakar Khan Manganiar, the most renowned Khamaicha player, alive today, puts his…