N S VinodhMY FIRST TIPPLEIt happened when I was a freshman at IIT, Madras, a little more than three and a half decades ago. My interest in engineering had waned…Sep 9, 20201Sep 9, 20201
N S VinodhA Life in the Indian Police — S.T. HollinsOne rarely associates scholarship with policemen; the scholar’s robe is thought incompatible with a uniform. But the species of an erudite…Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
N S VinodhCAPTURING ELEPHANTS — KHEDDAWith a surplus of time gifted by the Coronavirus, I found myself reorganising old photos and papers, many of them from my late father’s…Jul 26, 2020Jul 26, 2020
N S VinodhA ROMANIAN PRINCE IN INDIAExactly a hundred years ago, India hosted Crown Prince Carol of Romania for a four-week holiday during April/May 1920. A decade later the…May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
N S VinodhTHE DARK SECRET OF A GORKHA BATTALIONIt was a century ago. 400 innocent Indians including a few young boys were massacared at Amritsar on 13 April 1919. “General” Dyer, whose…Apr 7, 2019Apr 7, 2019
N S VinodhMy Forgotten Friend in FinnmarkVadso — few would have heard of this place and fewer would have been there. Growing into our teens in the late seventies without computers…Aug 16, 2018Aug 16, 2018
N S VinodhOh Jerusalem!I’m standing on what is perhaps the most contested piece of real estate in human history. Murderous wars fought, legions of soldiers…Jun 14, 2018Jun 14, 2018
N S VinodhinThe Jewish ExaminerTraveling to Israel — Visa and Security tips for IndiansMy wife, son and I traveled to Israel in April 2018. The 12 days we spent in Israel was part of a month-long trip that took us to Egypt…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
N S VinodhTRAILING AN AUTHOR IN TRANQUEBARIn the September of 2017, I traveled to the UK on a short vacation. Harsha, my classmate from B-school, joined me for a lunch of fish and…Mar 3, 2018Mar 3, 2018
N S VinodhTRANQUIL TRANQUEBARIn February 2018 my wife, son and I embarked on a driving holiday through the major temple towns of Tamilnadu. Our last stop was at…Feb 24, 2018Feb 24, 2018