Would you like some Politics with your Tea?
During the Delhi elections, the incumbent Congress Party unleashed a dazzling ad blitz in celebration of…
The Grain Raj
The WTO’s Doha Development Round in Bali ended with India keeping its agricultural subsidies and enjoying…
Seeing Red
It is increasingly difficult to pin-point the specific causes of various protest movements across the world, but all…
Silver Screen Satans
This month Thomas Crowley charts out Bollywood’s fascination with the don, the almost mythical Dawood Ibrahim….
The Countdown Begins
As the hindi version of the much celebrated series 24 hits the Indian telly, Thomas Crowley…
The Smell of Fear
The smell of fear wafts through the Delhi Metro. It can be difficult to detect, especially…
Breaking News
More than two months after the April 15th Boston Marathon bombings, news stories about the attack…
Schismatics
Ideologies bring people together and then they drive them apart. But wait. This isn’t like communalism…
The Greatest Thing since Sliced Bread
Everything was going fine until a slice of anthropomorphic bread told me that he (she?) was…
At the Airport with Borges
Reading the short stories of Borges produces a sense of vertigo. Borges has a talent for…