Delhi winters are brutal for those with little or no shelter. Slum dwellers, street vendors, rickshaw pullers, beggars, and people living on the streets bear the worst of it—especially
Our information landscape is filled with strong opinions, strongly held. Have you noticed? Over the holidays I considered my place in the landscape and decided on this—fewer essays, more
Across our suffering world, millions of people work selflessly to help one another, stand up for justice, and rebuild trust where it has been broken. What inspires and sustains them
There were dreary nights and overcast skies but the clouds cleared on a bright blue day. Four years ago I could not imagine her. In four months, I will not
The shrieks of young children, hugging their moms, pleading while being mercilessly dragged by ICE agents, haunt me.
Another visual that haunts me is the picture of a little girl
“The world is a book,” wrote St Augustine, “and those who do not travel read only one page.” Mark Twain said: “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
It was evident that Rajmohan was a person of enormous substance. Not long after first meeting him, I read, and was deeply impressed by, his biographies of Rajaji and Vallabhbhai
Gopal Gandhi has written this tribute to his brother Rajmohan Gandhi, WAOH’s Editor in Chief, to mark Rajmohan’s 90th birthday today.
Eleven years ago, my esteemed brother Rajmohan,
I cannot write about Mother Earth, the dear home to all of us, without emotions of joy and admiration, tears and sorrow. In deep forests and on high mountains, by
On Easter Monday, the world lost a strong moral voice that transcended across religions and philosophies, and cultures. His Holiness Pope Francis was a personification of moral courage who did
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I imagine our dear Pope Francis’ last 24 hours, between his simple room at Casa Martha, his meeting with J. D. Vance, the Urbi et Orbi blessing, and
