Making Sense of Mr. Mehta
Vinod Mehta accuses the Indian India’s ‘smug, selfish, self-centered, satiated middle class, fattened on the fruits of the booming economy’ of keeping their “Eyes. Ears and Minds Closed.” Beginning with…Continue Reading →
A Good Year
May 29, 2005. 55 per cent of the voters in France said no to the ratification of the proposed constitution…
Reasonable Reading
Kartar Singh, former Director of the Institute of Rural Management Anand, writes in The Indian Express: I am convinced that:…
The More the Merrier?
The Prime Minister thinks, “the matter is already settled.” And he is “pained to see the agonising experience the youth of the country are undergoing.” “They should call off their…Continue Reading →
Deservation not Reservation
Reservation is a dirty word. It symbolises exclusion rather than what it purportedly strives to achieve – an inclusive egalitarian…
Massive Opium
Often people ask for answers to questions which might not have any realistic relevance. Given my usual antipathy about how…
Netaji Lives…
in commissions of inquiry. ‘Netaji’ – a name which might rank as one of the most common prefixes for youth clubs. The locality where I grew up, also had its…Continue Reading →
Trapped in Terracotta
Last month an official endeavour took me to the fringes of South Delhi – the road that leads to the new boomtown called Gurgaon, originally Gurugram (it was the location…Continue Reading →
In Praise of Paes
In Greek mythology Leander was a youth in love with Hero – priestess of Aphrodite. He drowned while trying to…
Back to the Past
Google – December 2, 1998 Blogspot – October 18, 2000 Yahoo – October 17, 1996 MSN – October 22, 1996…
