New Delhi, July 29 -- Yesterday I had a dream, Yes, I had a dream: An army of ants came all as one And killed an elephant! - K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet Dear reader, Satchidanandan's ants ... Read More
New Delhi, July 15 -- Dear Reader, A few weeks ago an old friend called. Let us call him D. I have known him since I was a toddler-his siblings and I grew up together, near my grandparents' home, whi... Read More
New Delhi, July 1 -- Dear reader, I am sure you have spent these past months watching the world the way one watches a slow road accident. The year started with a weird coup. In January, in Venezuela,... Read More
New Delhi, June 24 -- Dear reader, Almost everyone in the village disliked him, and a few of them, the ones who had once climbed his steps with a receipt book and a request for festival donations or ... Read More
New Delhi, June 10 -- Dear reader, Sometime in the early 2000s, while I was in college, Gmail came to me wearing a small grey label that read beta. I had met the word before, in a hazy way, in the ol... Read More