India, May 9 -- At the homes of elderly couples who live alone, their children settled in far-off parts of the world, you will encounter the "smell" of old age. Their houses are museums, showcasing i... Read More
India, April 26 -- 'Kya lagta hai, kaun aayega iss baar?' (What do you think, who will come to power this time?) A journalist who has freshly landed in an election-bound state asks her local driver. T... Read More
India, April 25 -- 'Kya lagta hai, kaun aayega iss baar?' (What do you think, who will come to power this time?) A journalist who has freshly landed in an election-bound state asks her local driver. T... Read More
India, April 4 -- 'Let's go to Japan,' I casually asked the missus a few months ago, with some guilt that husbands typically carry - some residual shame for performing poorly in one of the roles assig... Read More
India, March 14 -- Thirty-five minutes remaining - I have never missed a flight in my life. I inherited the traits of my father - a duty-bound man, who sits in the porch waiting, with well-oiled, neat... Read More
India, Feb. 28 -- A few years ago, I was attending a wedding in the family - a congregation of old relatives distributed across geographies, who attend such events out of reciprocity. "They came for o... Read More