While someone like Lalit Modi would not believe in the concept of “Earth Hour” because it does not bring in the money, I urge you to take a look at the concept. The idea is that on the Saturday that is two days away, 27th of March 2010, you switch off your lights and keep
Category: India
Hail the Martyr
“Indira’s killers are being hailed as ‘martyrs’, in New Zealand’s largest gurdwara”, screams the first line of this report, online at Timesofindia.com. The report originates from Melbourne and that makes me wonder what is with Australia and the Indian media. Titled “Shaheed Bhai” – or martyr brother – the paintings of Satwant and Beant along
Sports News
No excuses for a month long hiatus but lots of things happening with Sports: India’s Hockey team goes on a ‘strike’ because they are not paid their dues by Hockey India. This is how we treat those who are the best players of our National game. And then, India’s first individual Olympic Gold Medalist says
Books that give answers
Yesterday evening, at Reliance Timeout, for launch of Dilip D’souza’s book, “Roadrunner”, there was a very insightful conversation that happened. We had the author along with India’s best historian, Ramachandra Guha and Rahul Dravid talking about India, America, about few of the the many dots that connect the two democracies and how this particular book
Train notes
On the train to home, Goa, I wake up in the morning to find out that my shoes are stolen. You ever build stories on what you see while you travel? I mean, I see wide barren land on a dark night and there is one hut with a little light out there and I
Owning up Kandahar
Now that the BJP finds itself in a state of turmoil, lets talk about Kandahar. Why was Jaswant Singh made the fall guy all these years? The BJP always portrayed Advani as a “Strong” leader and by taking the blame for the Kandahar episode, Advani would not have been the perfect candidate. There was a
Independence
A few hours before Independence day, watching Attenborough’s Gandhi, I am left with a few more observations and questions. Gandhi united our country, north to south, east to west. He walked, people followed. Today, 62 years after Gandhi, we are falling apart. We have long forgotten that we are Indians first. We have made it