New Delhi, May 16 -- When a British citizen turns 100, they get a message from the monarch. It's a tradition dating back to 1917 when King George V started sending telegrams to congratulate citizens o... Read More
New Delhi, May 1 -- In 1941, Orson Welles made a film that became a classic-Citizen Kane. In 2026 we seem to be in the middle of another film, rather more dystopian. We can call it "Citizen Kaun". We... Read More
New Delhi, April 17 -- Around 2005 I walked into the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. I was a little nervous. I had after much back and forth with the organisers snagged a face-to-face interview with ... Read More
New Delhi, April 3 -- The first time I saw Chapal Bhaduri, it was hard to imagine him as a woman. A stocky man with a square face and thinning hair, dressed in kurta-pyjama, he looked quite avuncular.... Read More
New Delhi, March 21 -- Whenever people ask me what I miss about San Francisco, a city I lived in for many years, I have some ready answers. I miss the sushi at the Japanese restaurant I used to go to... Read More
New Delhi, March 7 -- At a literary festival in Shillong, a government official was dreaming big. He apologised that for many of the delegates it was a long slog to get to Shillong. They had to fly i... Read More