New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Every protest starts with a feeling. When a crowd gathers, something happens inside people. There is anger, certainly, but there may also be humiliation, fear, grief, compassion,... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- India is often described as the world's largest democracy, but numbers alone do not explain the extraordinary complexity of Indian democracy. To understand India, one must begin ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- From the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day, the Prime Minister said armed naxalism was nearing its end but warned of a "dimagi naxal" mindset. Such people, he said, mu... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Some books remain with us long after we have turned their final page. Robert Louis Stevenson'sStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydeis one such work. It is first encountered as a p... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- There are biographies that faithfully assemble facts yet somehow fail to animate the life they seek to capture and present. And then there are rare works that persuade us that bui... Read More
New Delhi, July 24 -- Am I the only one hearing the reverberations of the French student movement of May 1968 in the ongoing protests by students and youth across India-not only in Delhi but also acro... Read More
New Delhi, July 16 -- The question appears deceptively simple. Yet the longer one lives with it, the more elusive the answer becomes. Is writing merely the desire to see one's thoughts appear in print... Read More
New Delhi, July 7 -- There are journeys that take us across mountains, borders, and oceans, and then there are journeys that compel us to travel inward, into memory, conscience, and the fragile geogra... Read More
New Delhi, July 6 -- It is not yet time for me to write a personal memoir of my political journey or attempt to chronicle my public life, but in this crisis-laden time in Indian politics, it is perhap... Read More