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Drugs, Guns And Salvation In Benares
I land at Varanasi on a sun-drenched sultry afternoon. Benares, as it also called, along with its classical variation, Kashi, is one of the world's oldest cities. The modern Lal Bahadur Shastri...
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Rexit: The Govt Will Pay For Looking A Gift Horse In The Mouth
Being a staunch Modi supporter, I have always believed that whatever decision is taken by his government is for the welfare of Indians. However, the "stepping down" of Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor...
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US Conservatives Are Co-Opting Gay Rights To Turn Up The Heat On...
Cashing in on tragedy is Politics 101. Following the deadly shooting in a gay nightclub on 12 June by a disturbed Muslim man of Afghan origin, conservative politicians in America, who are generally...
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Oh, How I Still Hunger For You...
I've just ended an affair and I'm extremely cut up about it. Breaking up is never easy to do and this particular fling took a toll on my emotional and physical well-being. I was cranky most of the...
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The Deadly Momentum Of Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Clashes
What starts as intermittent exchange of fire can sometimes escalate to a full-blown war with far-reaching consequences. Over the past one week, these fears were ignited when estranged neighbours...
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Two Years Of Modi's Foreign Policy: More Highs Than Lows
Two years ago, Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister from Gujarat, became the 15th Prime Minister of India. No political analyst had anticipated the personal interest that Mr. Modi would take in foreign...
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Why Aadhaar Is A Perversion Of The Constitution
India has one of the longest Constitutions in the World. Dr. Ambedkar explained the reasons for its length by referring to the principle of "constitutional morality". In his speech in the Constituent...
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Who's Afraid Of Raghuram Rajan?
Once upon a time, there was a great manager in a great organization who did wonderfully well. He was there on the basis of his competence and past track record. He had many great predictions to his...
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Saffron And Cigars: Balasaheb, The Bon Vivant
I wish Balasaheb Thackeray was alive to raise a toast to the 50th anniversary celebrations of his saffron-hued, ultra-right political party, the Shiv Sena, today. He would have done it with a glass of...
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5 Stay-At-Home Dads Share Their Ultimate Go-To Recipes
There are so many things that are worth celebrating fathers for -- trips to the VHS lending library to rent out Jurassic Park (for the twelfth time), lighting sparkler after sparkler for the kids on...
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Using 360-Degree Feedback To Kick-Start Positive Change
"We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve." - Bill Gates We all know that self-awareness is the first step in creating a profound change or improvement in oneself. While...
View ArticleThe Terror Killings In Bangladesh Are India's Problem Too
Bangladesh continues to reel under acts of terrorism, specifically the ongoing target killings of liberals, minorities, Ahmediyas, Shias, Sufis, gay rights' activists and even bloggers. Such murders...
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Learning From The Un-Indianness Of Raghuram Rajan
It's official, Raghuram Rajan will not seek a second term as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He will go back to academia, he declared on Saturday, 18 June. It's such a shame, in my...
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What The World's 'Happiest' Country Did To Its Ethnic Minority Is Chilling
By Akshay Tarfe The media narrative about Bhutan remains centred on it being a peaceful Himalayan utopia with a green economy. Most of that might be true. But perhaps what many people don't know is...
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Why UNAIDS's 'Bold New Declaration' Is A Travesty
I was hoping I would never have to write this. That no one would have to write this, ever. UNAIDS and civil society campaigners have had a special relationship of trust and collaboration. But now that...
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How Racism And Casteism Feed Into Each Other In India
The murder of Masonda Ketanda Olivier, a 24-year-old Congolese student studying in Delhi, is a reminder of how deeply intolerance and lack of empathy are rooted in our psychosocial make-up. It also...
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Dear Teacher, Do You Have A Child With Autism In Your Class? Are You Struggling?
We met at a party. She was young and vivacious. We hit it off immediately as we both were from the education field. She was a 4th grade teacher. As soon as she heard that I worked with people with...
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Four Deaths And A New Lease Of Life
Over the last few years, I have lost my mother to cancer, my father to liver cirrhosis, my grandmother to Parkinson's disease and my grandfather to dementia. Some were ill for months, others for years....
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Can The BJP Spread Its Hold In The Northeast?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed a government for the first time ever in the Northeast after winning the state assembly election in Assam. But to make further inroads into the region, the...
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Why Old-School PR Skills Matter In A Digital World
"Yay!" shouted a colleague. "We just got mentioned in the Insta# post of xxx blogger. I am just waiting for the FB post next." Four years ago, when I was at the helm of work in PR, this surely wasn't...
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