MY 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
A 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
CAPTURING 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
A 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
THE 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
My 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
Oh 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
Published inThe 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
TRAILING 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
TRANQUIL 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
