India, Nov. 17 -- Man is, perhaps, the only animal that can imagine. This is our greatest gift and, at times, our most profound curse. There are no limitations to the worlds we can conjure within the ... Read More
India, Nov. 10 -- At a time when Jawaharlal Nehru is portrayed as the villain of the piece-whose so-called incompetence, we are told, led to the Kashmir problem and the country's slow progress-it was ... Read More
Idnia, Nov. 3 -- Let me begin with a confession: I am not a cricket buff. Never was. Never pretended to be. I do not wake up at ungodly hours to watch men (or women) in white or blue chase a ball that... Read More
India, Oct. 20 -- Dear Shri Bhajan Lal Sharma Ji, Last fortnight, I travelled to Sihora in Madhya Pradesh to attend the 83rd Christa Panthi Ashram Day. It was my third visit to that tranquil village,... Read More
India, Oct. 13 -- First, a disclaimer. Columnists rely largely on published accounts, not personal knowledge, while writing their pieces. It is seldom possible to verify every fact or investigate ever... Read More
India, Oct. 6 -- Dear Shri Bhagwant Mann Ji, Last Sunday, I took a few books to the church, including The Women's Bible and a book of devotionals, as I had to teach about the equality of the sexes in... Read More
India, Sept. 29 -- Three years ago, when Avadesh Kaushal passed away at the age of 87, I felt as though I had lost not just a friend but a guide. He was one of those rare men who carried the weight of... Read More
India, Sept. 22 -- Less than a fortnight ago, two young motorcyclists rode up to the little church in New Delhi where I worship. They asked the caretaker bluntly whether we were indulging in conversio... Read More
India, Sept. 15 -- Nepal was the first foreign country I ever visited. It may sound trivial today, when low-cost airlines and passport stamps have become commonplace, but in the 1970s and '80s, steppi... Read More
India, Sept. 8 -- It was in 1996, when I was Senior Editor with The Indian Express, that the tenth anniversary of the annulment of the Travancore-Cochin Christian Succession Act of 1916 and 1921 was c... Read More