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…3 min read·Sep 9, 2020--1--1
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…16 min read·Aug 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…7 min read·Jul 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…11 min read·May 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…5 min read·Apr 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…14 min read·Aug 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…8 min read·Jun 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…7 min read·Apr 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…9 min read·Mar 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…7 min read·Feb 24, 2018----