The Long Walk Home
Friday, 31 May 2019
It’s Time To Invite The Dead To Populate Our Novels
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Sometimes, to grapple with the present we have to engage with the past. I don’t mean a rehash. (Woh to ho raha hai.) What I have...
Thursday, 23 May 2019
India General Elections 2019 - Some Thoughts
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With BJP-led NDA sweeping the elections and having swept the Congress into the dumpster of history likely, people (such as myself) w...
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Love’s Labour’s Lost, in India Today: Reflections on a Graduation, Politicians and Parents
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Some years back, on holiday in Thailand, I intended to recuperate after finishing writing one book by spending days in a hammock on a ...
Saturday, 27 January 2018
Swatantra Gantantra
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When I was a child, 15 August and 26 January were like Siamese twins: lookalikes who were even otherwise indistinct; born like twins are, ...
Friday, 8 December 2017
Ladyz, gentlemen, mitron, lend me your ears... (With apologies to the Bard)
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Ladyz, gentlemen, mitron, lend me your ears (arrey, kaan nahin kaatiye, bus suniye — I know we’ve got mighty handy with cutting of late) ...
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