There are quite a few things which I don’t agree with but there is one thing mentioned in public discourse which…
The Maratha Confederacy in its heydays was known for patronising temples across the Indian subcontinent. So it wasn’t a surprise…
Last month I visited Trombay where I grew up. This Madrassa^ is situated right behind the house that faced our house…
Last February, I visited Baghdadi restaurant in Colaba. In its heyday the place was a bustling joint. What I visited was a derelict place instead. Dereliction can be easily smelt from a reasonable distance.
A couple of years back, Bengaluru was rocked with a scandal. A security man posted at a…
Tallapaka Annamacharaya was a 15th-century philosopher-musician. Known to have composed 32000 sankirtanas in Telugu, out of which…
Growing up, the Tamil language had a great influence on life in general. It helped to grow-up in a locality which is…
“Sitamarhi,” he said.
“Oh, Bihar.”
Pat came a reply from Shahid: “Yes, where Sita was born apparently.”
Shahid was a recluse. True to his name, which meant ‘witness’ in Urdu, he saw more and spoke less. To add to his…
So I watched the entire session of the US Congressional hearing on ‘Human Rights in South Asia’ and I noticed a couple of things:
1. Members and delegates just don’t listen to the questions already made. The same questions are repeated with the two primary…
On my way back a guy was sipping tea on that very spot.
Now one doesn’t expect a dead body in a terminus. How can things possibly go wrong in a terminus? It’s the last stop. Certainly one won’t be crossing the track. There should be no motivation to do that.
