I had promised to write specially to my fellow reporters. I am delivering on it now, sure enough, just before...
Month: June 2014
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Writings on the Wall is a metaphor I use for a different series of writings, from travels across India, mostly...
1 Assassination, Countless Murders
The assassination of Indira Gandhi caught me on the wrongest foot possible: in transit from New York to New Delhi....
Since 1984
There will always be argument over which might be the most important or newsy year in India’s history and if...
The audacity of incompetence
The first of this three-part series concluded yesterday, saying the rise of Bhindranwale and his death with Operation Blue Star...
The Audacity of Incompetence
Nobody can reconstruct the 72 hours of Operation Blue Star in 3, 000 words. Or even in 30, 000. Books...
Once Upon A Bloody Time
At the many events to mark the release of my latest book, Anticipating India, one question I am inevitably asked...