New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Wi-Fi password at the hotel was "happiness." But of course. What else would it be in Bhutan, the country that gave us the idea of Gross National Happiness (GNH)? I was invi... Read More
New Delhi, July 31 -- If you kill a cockroach you are a hero, if you kill a butterfly, you are evil; morals have aesthetic criteria. -Attributed to Friedrich Nietzsche As the dust settled on the Jant... Read More
New Delhi, July 18 -- "I came to India to retire in 1999. It hasn't worked. Not at all. It's a stupid idea I had." Isla Van Damme has had quite a life. Sorry, that is the wrong tense. Isla Van Damme ... Read More
New Delhi, July 4 -- The war in Iran had just started. I was meeting an American friend for coffee in San Francisco. There were "No Kings" posters on shop windows around us, symbols of protest against... Read More
New Delhi, June 19 -- The building, like many buildings in Kolkata, had seen better days. An old three-storey house, with slatted windows and trellis patterns on its balcony, faded by sun and rain. Th... Read More
New Delhi, June 6 -- The BJP campaigned promising poriborton or change for West Bengal. Since it has come to power, some of its actions have won praise, some have invited controversy. But one change... Read More