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Book Excerpt: Elephant At Sea
In the late summer of 1979, the Second Secretary of the Indian embassy to Morocco received a cable that undid his considerable years of training and left him floundering. The message read simply:...
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Execution Of Shia Cleric In Saudi Arabia Triggers Protests Across India
Photo courtesy: Syed Shahriyar The execution of a top Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on 2 January has provoked a backlash against the Saudi government, ripples of which were also felt in India as...
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Can You See The Gender Bias In Resurgent Rajasthan's Print Campaign?
While flipping through a recent edition of Outlook magazine, I came across the advertisement of the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit, which was held in November 2015 in Jaipur. The ad had an...
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3 Conversations On Money That Every Parent Must Have With Their Child
It's the time of new beginnings and new resolutions. So, how about starting off the New Year with conversations that can make a difference to your child's life in the long run? I am going to outline...
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Hillary Was Right: Banning Muslims Is An Invitation To Terror Recruiters
At the last Democratic debate held on 19 December, Hillary Clinton confidently stated that Donald Trump had appeared in recruitment videos for ISIS. Experts at the time quickly refuted Clinton's claim...
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5 Self-Defeating Patterns Of Behaviour That I Plan To Break In 2016
Most of us are busy setting a gameplan for 2016 -- all the things we'll do, all the places we'll visit, all the successes we'll accomplish. But as I contemplate how 2015 treated me, I find myself...
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3 Controversial Aspects Of China's New Anti-Terrorism Law
In the closing moments of 2015, at a time when the world is reeling from increasing threats from militant groups, China enacted its anti-terrorism law, passed by the National People's Congress on 27...
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We Are All Ambassadors For Our Country: Impressions From Barcelona
We went to Barcelona in mid-December and spent three days there. The first SMS that I received when I landed in the city was "Beware of mobile phone thieves in Spain". Needless to say, this did not...
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3 Lessons On Change Management From The Stories Of Alan Kurdi, Alexis Tsipras...
The past year was filled with stories and insights on passion, persistence, perseverance, the human spirit, leadership and more. Here, I want to focus on three events that gave us interesting lessons...
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How Real Men Celebrate The Year End, From Pala To Bournemouth
In the small south Indian town of Pala, where I spent much of my childhood, Christmas and New Year were celebrated to the hilt. All major holidays were. I don't know if things have changed since I left...
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Resolutions 2.0: Less Is More
We're fast approaching that time where gyms start to empty out again after the initial rush of "I will get my neighbours body". And this is the real time to reflect, after our resolve to do it all has...
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Why India's Demand For UN Tax Committee Holds The Key To Funding The Paris Deal
The Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted on 12 December 2015, is one of the landmark decisions of our time. It reflects a monumental triumph of international cooperation and global governance. As...
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Tea Parties And Terror Attacks: Why It's Time To Shift The Debate From...
I remember growing up in a different, more "normal" India. I was born in the late 1980s -- a time when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister of India, a time when cell phones and social media were still...
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The Street Performer Who Made Me See With New Eyes
I want to tell you about one of the newest friends I have made here in India: Chetan. Chetan stays in Vangani, a suburb of Mumbai. He is a young dad, and lives in a humble home with his wife Radha and...
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What The New Kids On The Banking Block Must Do For Staying Power
Around seven years back, with the raging financial crisis threatening to reach the sheltered shores of the Indian subcontinent, the trials and tribulations of investment banks and foreign banks...
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Mirror, Mirror On The Screen: What Fairy Tale Adaptations Say About Us
It is said that there are only a few truly authentic stories in the world. All the rest are just interpretations in whatever combination or form. But why are some forms of stories the ones we keep...
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Why India Needs A Mindset Revolution
India continues to be a distracted nation. Courtesy it's various governments and politicians. The never-ending debate (and every news headline) within India remains about who is the best political...
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Rubbing Out The Myth Of Intolerance
The best possible answer I found to the question of whether India is intolerant was hidden away in the bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari. One character speculates on the whereabouts of another,...
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Fuel To The Fire: The Saudi-Iran Flare-Up And The Politics Of Oil
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the first week of the new year executed 47 people on charges of terrorism. Amongst them were Al Qaeda figures like Faris al-Zahirini and others that the Saudi state had...
View ArticleThe Legacy Of The Aam Aadmi Party's Implosion
The implosion of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the past several months is especially spectacular because of the lofty expectations that had accompanied its rise to power. The party that had once been...
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