Saving the Flag
June 21, 2012image courtesy NYtimes on twitter A huge fire broke out at Mantralaya – the administrative office of the Government of Maharashtra this afternoon. They are still putting out the fire This image was tweeted by NYTimes – India. who are these people saving…
Europe, India and lessons to learn
June 18, 2012Sanjay Barua, makes some very interesting points on Europe, Continent building & Leadership and why Europe needs a Dr.Ambedkar what was most frightening was the absence of a shared “narrative” in Europe about the crisis it finds itself in. There is no…
Singing in the Rain – Part 1 – on the 100 years of Indian Cinema in the Lokmat
June 17, 2012Monsoon have arrived. The rains washing away the heat and the dust of the past few months. There is something uniquely beautiful and reinvigorating about the season – its almost as though its onset revives the parched soul and gives it hope….
Some random thoughts on the economy…
June 16, 2012The last few weeks have been pretty gloomy if you have been following the Indian Economy. There has been a potential downgrade of rating, lower GDPfigures, lower industrial output, inflation seems to be up, interest rates are up, fuel prices are going…
The principal causes of quarrel
June 16, 2012test (This is posting from an ebook being read on the ipad – without a keyboard) Hobbes in the Leviathan, quoted by Stephen Pinker – The Better Angels of our nature So that in the nature of man, we find three principal…
In Defense of Dhoble ….
June 15, 2012The Untouchables (1987), the film based around the era of prohibition in the USA, tells the story of a unit of policemen who take down Al Capone. The film is set in the city of Chicago and opens with these lines :…
Hope on the other side…
June 14, 2012Scenes from here and there – from various visits and shoots … Balleshwar, Odhisha 2009 This was a little village near Balleshwar in Odisha. The village would fall prey to floods every year and houses would be destroyed.And the village would start…
DNA Column – Censorship & Anonymous Protests
June 11, 2012My column in today’s DNA A utopian society is an ideal one, which is represented by a perfect balance of happy citizens, a responsible state, a cohesive society – where everyone lives happily ever after. In a Utopian society, there is…
DNA Column – The A to Z of UPA after 3 Years
May 28, 2012My column in today’s DNA Dwight Eishenower, the former American President, was asked about his Vice President’s (Richard Nixon’s) contribution to the Presidency. His response was “If you give me a week, I might think of one.” This is the quote that…