Longevity is usually a reward for being unspectacular
For a man who was said to be incapable of subterfuge or even office politics, a skill in which Indians excel, Manmohan Singh thrived in
For a man who was said to be incapable of subterfuge or even office politics, a skill in which Indians excel, Manmohan Singh thrived in
(This first appeared in The Mint, in November 2019) One summer day in 1981, Sunil Gupta went to Tihar Jail to start work as assistant
A good thing about the winter smog in Gurgaon is that you do not see most of Gurgaon. It is an ugly, dismal city and
IT IS inevitable that a tribute to Gabriel García Márquez would come under pressure to achieve a beautiful opening line, and having thus sidestepped the
In a few weeks, when Donald Trump takes over as the US President once again, people will wonder if things might have been different had
According to Indian five-star hotels, a guest likes to walk into the room and see the TV come alive on its own, blaring cheap copyright-free
When India saves a life, it’s a great spectacle. An image I can never shake off is how once India moved a beating heart in
The world is tired of old men but the feeling is not mutual. Many countries are run by old men, many gigantic corporations too, and
In June, a female constable at Chandigarh airport slapped the actor and politician Kangana Ranaut. The constable said it was in response to Ranaut’s past
There is a way that people in Mumbai still gape at a new metro line—with rustic wonderment at automatic doors and air-conditioned coaches. A few
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