India

Like Tom In Top Gun With A Hint Of Clint

They wear dark shades even at midnight. They chew gum furiously. They swagger.

Dateline Hastinapur

What if there were newspapers at the time of the Kurukshetra war?

The Next Day

Excerpt from Epic Retold. The day after Abhimanyu’s killing.

16 Little Things About Writing #TwitterFiction

Thoughts on writing Epic Retold, ‘the Twitter Mahabharata’

About

The story of this blog

I am an Indian living in England — a former journalist, now an academic.

Where Anna, Maria And Thomas Sit Lightly On Brown Shoulders

On the Anglicisation of Kerala

One Man’s Gut-Wrenching Battle Against Hunger In God’s Own Country

Kerala is a difficult place for a…

The Nation That Got Rid Of All Evil Overnight

An ode to demonetisation

The Tour Guide

I get routinely taken for a waiter or tour guide in India— particularly if my wife is with me. Why?

Five Go Off To God’s Own Country

In which the Pandavas visit Kerala