This tiny website dares to hope. It wishes to contribute a mite to the struggle to preserve democracy and goodwill in the world. Some of our world’s griefs, however,
Anniversaries are a ritual in India. This week, it has been interesting to watch how the 50th anniversary of the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi at midnight on June 25,
This week’s column will journey westward from Tibet to Iran via India and Pakistan. I begin with the Dalai Lama, who will turn 90 on Sunday July 6. As
We’re often told that more useful than “good” answers are new questions. If, as most of humanity hope, the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasts for a decent while, some of
Every morning, as I get up and make my coffee, I wonder what might have happened the previous night in Ukraine, Gaza, Kashmir, Israel or Iran. I am shown bombs
In the 1990s, growing up in Paradip in India’s Odisha state, a town of salt winds and monsoon-soaked mornings, I lived in what the Greeks might have called
Did he, or didn’t he? That is a question that remains unanswered. US President Donald Trump continues to claim that he stopped the clash between India and Pakistan after
“Anyone leading our world?” That in capital letters was the heading I gave two weeks back to my weekly column in this space. Last night, i.e. on Monday the
Things in the US have taken a serious turn during the past week. On June 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramped up its raids in Los Angeles, taking people
“Put yourself in their place and see their difficulties,” says the knowing one. “Dwelling on your sorrow and your difficulties as a dissenter is not just self-centered, it’s
While the Indian mainstream media remained obsessed about Operation Sindoor and reported uncritically even as the Prime Minister and members of his party made political capital from the recent Indo-
When I was 18, I went to university to study physics. I was young, lonely, and searching for salvation. After a year of frustration, I came across an opportunity to
