FIRST PERSON SECOND DRAFT

1 Assassination, Countless Murders

The assassination of Indira Gandhi caught me on the wrongest foot possible: in transit from New York to New Delhi....

There will always be argument over which might be the most important or newsy year in India’s history and if...

The first of this three-part series concluded yesterday, saying the rise of Bhindranwale and his death with Operation Blue Star...

At the many events to mark the release of my latest book, Anticipating India, one question I am inevitably asked...

Probably one of the most convenient generalisations in Indian punditry is the concept of the Hindi heartland. As if the...

After holding forth on the war in Sri Lanka in some detail last month (in a three-part series beginning with...

From finding Tamil guerilla camps in 1984 to checking up on lost friends last week in Colombo This new, occasional...

India’s unexpected war in Sri Lanka caught me on the wrong foot by 12, 000 km. I was still finishing...

This is one box nobody would like to check on his CV. Not even the most battle-hardened hack. But, early...

It is a matter of printed record that I had promised this instalment of First Person, Second Draft along with...

This week saw the return of a voice, and face, from a distant past in our headlines: former Indian Space...