My Orissa diary: why the state needs to get out of the margins and come on to the national page...
Category: Writings On The Wall
The error in terror
Why 2 years after 9/11, this seems to be the New York state of mind: ‘It was just a day...
The Kanchi trinity
Next to mutt is masjid, frowning at both is Periyar saying there’s no god, you fool. Recall this shining symbol...
Travels in Haryana’s Ahirland: Stirrings in out-of-sight, out-of-mind country
You cannot fault the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for not putting more prominent signs to announce the exit...
Some lines in the desert
At Riyadh reunion, air’s thick with perfume and nostalgia; outside, the sand brings back smell of war Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
Last night I went to Pakistan
The UN would probably never accept it as a yardstick for its human development ratings. But put this away under...
Guiltless in Guwahati
What do you say when people ask you what difference do you see when you visit Guwahati after five years?...
Friends without life-jackets
On board Ariana: your life in their hands, your country in their heart IT was easy to call it Scariana...
Fear and learning in New York
Some quiet in J&K, few red faces in Pak: shouldn’t we get more out of Sept 11? If you lived...
Here a General, there a General
Everywhere, it’s Musharraf but Vajpayee doesn’t have to feel left out Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived in Washington on Thursday evening....