Some of you may think this column should have been written last week in the immediate wake of Gandhi Jayanti. The truth is that’s precisely why it wasn’t. To ask qu...
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A friend of mine, Kris Srinivasan, a former Foreign Secretary who went on to become Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth, once sent me an email I want to share ...
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Every now and then one comes across a book that makes you stop, think and question. That’s not as unusual as you may suppose. But I didn’t think it would happen in ...
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I wonder how many of you are following the Special Intensive Revision exercise currently underway? I ask because it could affect your right to vote. Some of the facts t...
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I can’t claim Imran Khan is a friend but I’ve interviewed him on multiple occasions. In fact, in multiple locations. At a hotel in Delhi, at his home in Bani Gala n...
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Perhaps because I do interviews I tend to think of developments in terms of the questions they raise. I’m aware the process leads to a certain skepticism or, even, cy...
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Is English the richest of all languages? Not being fluent in any other, I have no way of answering that question authoritatively. But, that said and done, I suspect the...
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Are school days really the best days of one’s life? It would be sad if that were true. In my case it would mean that after leaving Doon at 16 my life has irreversibly...
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Sometimes more interesting than actual history is what you could call ‘what if’ history. It’s often referred to as counter factual story-telling.  A delightful b...
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The British are widely admired for their sense of humour. They have the unique capacity to laugh at themselves. Even their most cherished and beloved are often the butt...
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