Figuring Things Out

How much of rage and resentment can one fit into the smallest possible space? Since the so-called ' Al-Aqsa Flood ' of 7 October, 20...

 It is now one year since the Russia-Ukraine war began. All through the murder and mayhem, the wanton destruction of cities and displacement...

This is one obituary that refuses to leave my mindspace. It is not often that we see touching, personal tributes to politician who pa...

Each time I read a book by William Dalrymple, I wonder why our country does not produce such engaging scholar-storytellers. The book, ...

The lunatic fringe in India now has a new avatar - "Gau Rakshaks" - the self-appointed cow-protectors who patrol our roads and h...

The answer to this question lies in an old, familiar story: Once upon a time, politicians in India were public-spirited freedom fighters ...

"Where have I heard that before?" This is the thought that crossed my mind when I read the following passage from a Private Me...

Data visualizers are now turning their attention to Indian politics! Here is an interesting presentation by S. Anand of Gramener.com -- ...

The Japanese Prime Minister, Noda, visited India this week. As usual, there was much talk about boosting trade, technology transfer and mai...

View Larger Map The race is over. Vettel won. Mayavati, representing the 'head of state', has handed over the gleaming trophi...

 . During the past few weeks, the UPA government has been making a grand display of its incompetence. Faced with mounting public anger over...

. The amazing 18-day showdown in Egypt is finally over today: Hosni Mubarak has quit. Of all the reports, opinions and commentaries on th...

What is it that turns erstwhile victims into tormentors? This is a question that has often crossed my mind whenever I read about caste-poli...

. Sometime back, while commenting on the BlackBerry encrypton controversy, Saubik Chakrabarti (IE 11 Aug.2010) had pointed out : ".....

 . Over the past ten days, there has been yet another deluge of Chinese superlatives: The Biggest, Most Expensive World Expo Ever: Shan...

. Over the past few months, as the civic unrest in Kashmir went from bad to worse, it had become increasingly difficult to find Indian opin...

. "It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease" This familar adage is taking a new meaning for those who have been comparing t...

. What a coincidence:  the Two-Nation Theory shares its acronym with an all-time-favorite explosive compound...Both are the fruits of human...

. An interesting new word - Seichel. It is Yiddish for wisdom, but it means more than that: It connotes ingenuity, creativity, subtlety, ...

. For a long now it had been assumed in the English-language media that the word "world" was a synonym for the so-called Western-...