Ravi Shankar
Modi’s centrality is in jeopardy
It is not Rahul Gandhi that Modi should worry about, Modi the Man is Modi the Image. For seven years and more, the centrality of Modi in Indian public consciousness defined politics.
11 Jul 2021
The science of political variants in Covid-19 times
Government bashers are unaware that a Statue of Unity-sized top secret effort is underway to bloody the coronavirus’s nose.
03 Jul 2021
A new Rao-Manmohan team in the offing?
In May, no bookie would have put money on an understated Southern politician becoming India’s most progressive leader.
29 Jun 2021
Love, Actually: The effects of the pandemic on human bonding
Relationships have changed drastically during enforced seclusion and togetherness since the pandemic struck.
27 Jun 2021
Greeks bearing gifts: Understanding the history of Indo-Greek cuisine
After Alexander’s invasion, the history of the 4th century BC Indo-Greek kingdom is a history of the cuisines of the world
26 Jun 2021
Shaping an opposition in PK's form
The tactician behind Mamata Banerjee's thunderous victory declared that he was no longer in the election game.
20 Jun 2021
Are aliens real? Close encounters of many kinds
Are aliens real? A Pentagon report containing details about UFOs and clandestine space programmes will be out this month.
13 Jun 2021
Fowl is Fair
Chicken curry, the most underrated Indian culinary export, has innumerable avatars that define the country’s history and regions
13 Jun 2021
Dear government, please take a joke
For a powerful government to perceive a cartoon as a threat is either a sign of fear or intolerance of criticism.
12 Jun 2021
'The evil empire': Is China on its way to world domination?
With reports alleging that the novel coronavirus was made in China, President Xi Jinping has made the first move towards world domination giving India reason to worry
06 Jun 2021
Israel is the victim of history’s hatred
The liberals are clamouring for Israel to be tried for human rights crimes, but not the Hamas which fired over 4,000 rockets into the Jewish homeland.
05 Jun 2021
The contest between belief and relief
Romanticising rural India or for that matter the bucolic parts of any country can be emotionally satisfying because everyone craves pastoral purity.
28 May 2021
Showing the Gates: What is the future of the Gates Foundation
The surprise divorce of Bill Gates and wife Melinda has exposed a marriage fraught with infidelity and derision.
28 May 2021
An open letter from a cow to all Indians
I’m a cow living in India, mostly in Bharat. I am a gentle beast. I have horns, but I do not hurt people.
22 May 2021
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