New Delhi, May 12 -- I don't know if Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been to Heera Mandi, but I have. This olden-day bazaar and red-light district of Lahore is the subject of a Netflix show by him. It is se... Read More
New Delhi, May 5 -- Sam Pitroda was one of the most famous men in India in the 1980s. As the seer of Indian telecom, he was responsible for millions of long-distance calls by Indians getting through. ... Read More
New Delhi, April 28 -- An odd quality of the Western intellectual world is that its giants take simplistic questions very seriously. It is as though social equality makes it hard for them to be dismis... Read More
New Delhi, April 28 -- An odd quality of the Western intellectual world is that its giants take simplistic questions very seriously. It is as though social equality makes it hard for them to be dismis... Read More
New Delhi, April 15 -- The world seems tired of elderly men, but the feeling is not mutual. Many countries are run by old men, large corporations too, and also most housing societies, it would seem on... Read More
New Delhi, April 8 -- If you have 'neuro' in your bio, you can say just about anything about the mind, as though you know what it is. If you are situated in the West, and identify as male, you will be... Read More
New Delhi, March 31 -- Over the past five years, the West has worried that India is losing its values, by which it means that India is not trying to imitate the West. Even despots are wondering what i... Read More
New Delhi, March 24 -- There might be some people who think like this: India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) is an independent investigative body that has gone after some key people in the Aam Aadmi Pa... Read More
New Delhi, March 17 -- Now and then, stray dogs tear a child apart. Old people too. This is rare. But they do kill thousands of Indians every year in a less dramatic way, through rabies, and dozens of... Read More
New Delhi, March 11 -- In August 2022, a college professor in Maharashtra posted on a Whatsapp group his good wishes to Pakistan on its independence day. He also protested India's revocation of the sp... Read More