Figuring Things Out

Tomorrow is Election Day in Afghanistan.  This is going to be the culmination of a long process of institution building in one of the ...

Last week I signed up for a UN assignment in Afghanistan. It was the culmination of a long drawn out selection process - online applica...

It takes humor to make truth palatable. What is it that actually triggered the first World War? What lies behind USAs grand plans to ...

Sitting in our metro cities it is difficult to imagine a world of alternate realities. The internet and our access to it, is perhaps one ...

"What are electoral constituencies?", asked my daughter today. She had in her hand a copy of the Class IX Social Sciences textb...

Stray dogs protecting their turf (Pic source: DNA 14Dec17) I have always found it difficult to understand the dynamics and the power...

The Japanese have a phrase to describe Indians -  お 喋 り インド人  "Oshaberi Indo-jin" , which translates politely into 'Chatteri...

A 3in1 phone-lens at Miniso - solid Value for Money "Oh, Miniso?", said the sales-person at Muji, "You could call  them...

How does one calculate a ride on the Delhi Metro? A recent article in the Indian Express was hinged on this question, and it came up...

I am a Delhi Metro fanboy. Over the past few months, with the opening of the new Magenta Line, I have found it a lot more convenient ...

A hot summer evening in NCR Delhi, sitting on the terrace with a mug of hot coffee, a bowl of banana-chips, and a book: One Day in t...

I needed a new pair of spectacles desperately. The one I have been using for the past three years was in bad shape - both lenses were badl...