New Delhi, Sept. 1 -- In 2003, when I worked at Outlook magazine and covered the BJP (and thereby the RSS), I had occasion, along with Hindi Outlook, to conduct an interview with V.S. Sudarshan, the f... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- What happens when a young movement that has just shattered the political ceiling decides that listening to people is more important than asking for their votes? The Cockroach Jan... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The earth, it turns out, is not a flat undulating landscape of eternal public worship for the Supreme Leader NAMO. It is a more interesting space of heights and troughs, and the p... Read More
New Delhi, July 22 -- They came with the delayed rains, a flood of humanity that suddenly marched into the capital. There were young school and college students crying and shaken. Why did they hit me,... Read More
New Delhi, July 10 -- I am in a cab in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh, where our family village home is located. Ayodhya is 100 km away, the road signs say. The vehicle is clean, the driver courteo... Read More
New Delhi, June 18 -- A wrecking ball is being taken to the basic structure of electoral democracy in India. We have shamelessly crossed over to the dark side with many elected MPs acting in ways that... Read More