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Battle won. War lost

6 March 2022 8:05 PM IST
The Russia-Ukraine fight is yet another example of ruling madness going awry. History shows us that over-reaching trajectories always have a parabolic...

Talking Shop: We need saviors

27 Feb 2022 7:22 PM IST
Let’s talk happy things, for a change. As I found in my cats, who are all meow. And my dogs, who are bhow. Yes, they are back. But what about my...

Questionable déguisement

21 Feb 2022 1:17 AM IST
The woeful and sordid rhetoric that we are being subjected to by our once tall leaders in India’s five election-laden states reminds me of very dark,...

Talking Shop: Back of my mind

13 Feb 2022 7:55 PM IST
In the deep recesses hidden well inside me, I now see heart-rending stories of what is happening to people around me. This real problem is getting...

Talking Shop: Country once beautiful

6 Feb 2022 8:34 PM IST
A nation of Pradeep, Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore has turned into a parody of funk, remixes and other things sordid. An era has died. Long live the new...

Talking Shop: It began in 1947

30 Jan 2022 7:14 PM IST
A divide happened in India 75 years back, ending in untold blood- and heart-loss. Today, another divide is being created, with rifts and animosity...

Talking Shop: Two years, and counting

23 Jan 2022 7:20 PM IST
I began writing regular columns exactly two years ago. Sadly, there’s been little to celebrate in this time. What I share today is a glimpse of the...

Talking Shop: I told you so

16 Jan 2022 6:42 PM IST
For three years, in the month of January, I have been raising the red flag and warning all. But no one listens, not even after so much tumult

Talking Shop: My immaculate dream

9 Jan 2022 7:05 PM IST
We are thriving. COVID is gone. India's economy is back on track. Gas cylinders are cooking away in rural homes. My Maybach is gleaming

Aeschylus. Mephistopheles

2 Jan 2022 11:21 PM IST
Into a New Year, why are we discussing this Greek tragedy author and a devil’s sidekick, 500-plus years on? Because history often repeats itself

Talking shop: Changing semantics

26 Dec 2021 6:34 PM IST
Just when we thought the worst was over, we have a new boy in town. He’s called Omicron. How we deal with him will define 2022 for all of us

Arrogance begets chaos

19 Dec 2021 8:14 PM IST
For centuries, we have seen a phenomenon. Get too big about yourself in your own head and you end up losing that head. It is happening again
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