Shame, Mamata!
I generally desist from commenting on the antics of the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee or her party members because I have always felt that lesser said about them the better. After all, their actio…...
12 Years Ago
India: The Union of Illusions
I had always thought that the most gruesome images ever captured by the lens of a camera were those depicting the plight of Jews and other prisoners in the Nazi concentration camps, copies of which…...
13 Years Ago
Storm in a Teacup
Of late, quite a few people I know have asked me for my opinion on the Anna Hazare affair and I have been averting comment. What with all the rumpus and brouhaha generated by the so-called ‘movemenâ...
13 Years Ago
Reflections on the Death of a Terrorist
On 11th September 2001, the world witnessed perhaps the most horrifying act of aggression since possibly the events of the Second World War. Osama Bin Laden, the man behind the act is now dead andâ€...
13 Years Ago
‘Asathya’ Sai Baba
I could never have imagined that a seemingly innocuous comment on Facebook relating to the late lamented Sathya Sai Baba would stir up a hornet’s nest of criticism from some of my close friends andâ...
13 Years Ago
Seats of Unlearning
The Times of India carried an editorial yesterday on the on-going unrest in Jadavpur University (JU), and blamed the political polarization of students, teachers and administrators alike for the so…...
14 Years Ago
