'Bajrangi Bhaijaan': An Earnest Attempt To Bridge The Religious Divide...
Bajrangi Bhaijaan, directed by Kabir Khan, stars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Harshaali Malhotra in pivotal roles. The movie revolves around a six-year-old mute Pakistani girl...
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Fake Universities: It's Time To Take Action
Imagine that the degree you got was from a fake university? It kills your career even before it can begin. These degree/diploma mills come into being and exploit vulnerable students and kill...
View ArticleA Lesson From The Gita: Our Faith Has The Power to Recreate Us
Faith is not something static. Though it is a fairly stable condition of our inner being, it does go through changes. We live and grow in tandem with the dynamics of our faith. But when we are guided...
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Tharoor's Oxford Address Was Brilliant, But What Next?
It is not often that a video clip of an Indian politician trends on social media for a "good" reason. So when I heard about this 15-minute clip going viral on the internet, I decided to have a peek....
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Babies Are A Gift From The Devil
Have you ever wondered why people with babies are always asking their child-free friends to reproduce? It's the same reason why married friends are forever trying to set up their single friends. Or why...
View ArticleCan India And China Manage Their Bilateral Issues On A Multilateral Platform...
China has set the stage for a new world order with its Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Among the 57 founding members, India is the second largest shareholder in the bank after China with...
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A Question For Narayana Murthy: Why Aren't Indian Companies Innovating?
Narayana Murthy, the doyen of Indian IT, drew both praise and criticism for his address to the graduating students of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) last week. In the speech titled, "How can...
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Bridging The Gap Between The Church And The State
Last week, I had the joy and blessing to be part of a conference hosted at the World Bank in Washington DC on Religion and Sustainable Development. The conference was jointly sponsored by the World...
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Podcast: Vikram Doctor On Indian Muslim Cuisine
If you're from the city of Mumbai, you'll know about the association of the month of Ramazan with Mohammed Ali Road. The street is known to be a place where you can stuff yourself with spicy kebabs,...
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Indiaries, Part Three: The Spices Of Indian Life
Textures. India is the kind of place you just know smells. It smells of everything at all times. After a while, between the shock of the entirely new and the getting used to it, there will be a point...
View ArticleSwapan's Picks: 5 Health Supplements That I Cannot Do Without
I am a firm believer in supplements, although many people are either sceptical about them or see them as medicines. I see them as a necessity. Here are five that I unfailingly take. Of course, it is...
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India Meets Injera: An Ethiopian Experience In Mumbai
You may have already heard of or read about the graceful Ananya Banerjee in a different context. She's been an accomplished artist for years and her home is testament to her talent. Its beautiful...
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Why I Run
On 19th July, I participated in my first Ironman triathlon. It involves a 3.8km swim, a 180km bicycle ride and a 42km run, in that order. I completed it in 15 hours 19 min and I have never felt better...
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Masaan Review: A Fine Film Packed With Fantastic Performances
The idea of India has always been fascinating to me. Because, to me, India is--and always has been--more a utopian idea of what a country can and should be, whereas the reality has gotten rather lost...
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Reimagining The Women Of Krishna (Book Excerpt)
Krishna is perhaps one of the most intriguing philosophies of Indian mythology. And Krishna is also one of the misunderstood concepts when you try to judge him as a surficial character. The Indian...
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The Importance Of Breasts
We all have mammary memories, both wonderful and embarrassing. The times when we lusted for them, the many times we cursed their existence. These bulbous mounds of fat, the appearance of which changed...
View ArticleWhy The Ancient Egyptians Would Love Our Yellow Smileys
"To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement," wrote Mark Twain in 1868. Some 150 years later, he's been proven right. So difficult was this achievement, it seems, that man gave up...
View ArticleChinese Whispers And Divorce
She: Your mother caused the problems in our relationship. He: You didn't work hard enough to be a part of this family. She: Whatever I do, I will never be as good a cook as your mother, as beautiful as...
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The Talwars And The Many Faces Of Grief
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. --H.W. Longfellow I was less than 10 years old when the Chasnala mining disaster happened and a couple of my father's friends died, apart from...
View ArticleInterview: Bapsi Sidhwa On Growing Up In Pakistan, Writing And The Future Of...
I have admired Bapsi Sidhwa for a long time. One of the doyennes of South Asian literature, she is perhaps best known for Ice Candy Man (also known as Cracking India) which was later adapted into the...
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