Culture
Halloween 2021
So, it’s Halloween. Kids go from house-to-house and get sweets and treats, and ...
India
The Indian Muslim experience.
It struck me last night that while most of my Muslim friends know ...
Commentary
The downside of selling your soul to the devil.
The tragedy is that in this entire saga, Wankhede and his family will ...
Commentary
Hell in a handbasket.
“Chaalis korodon ki awaaz: Sehgal – Dhillon – Shah Nawaz” In the ...
Commentary
In defence of the Mazzinis.
I had an interesting exchange with a friend on another article of mine ...
Commentary
एक ही थैली के चट्टे-बट्टे!
Remember that the only place an Indian was officially persecuted for simply cheering ...
Commentary
Families and mafia.
Apropos the Nawab Malik, Shah Rukh Khan, Sameer Wankhede saga, the whole thing’s ...
Atheism
Morality and God.
I was having an interesting exchange on a friend’s Facebook wall with a ...
Language
Cricket. And not cricket.
I have formally learnt golf, squash, boxing, and chess. At the end of ...
Advice
The muddied waters of the Aryan Khan drugs case.
I am sure that all is not how it looks in the Aryan ...
Business
A man-child’s humour.
When my kid ‘gets’ a joke, she thinks she’s invented it, and goes ...
Kymaia
A tender moment. And a milestone.
Little Kym and I hadn’t been out together alone for some time, and ...
Commentary
Why are Indian cricketers taking the knee?
What was the whole ‘taking the knee’ show about at the Indo-Pak T20 ...
Commentary
Going Inigo Montoya on the PM.
You keep using that word, ‘free’. I do not think it means what ...
India
Urdu ≠ Indian?
To repeat: 1. Netaji’s government was called: Ārzī Hukūmat-e-Āzād Hind (The Provisional Government ...
Aviation
The jet engine. Explained well.
While prima facie, this may seem funny, if my late father (who taught ...
Business
The Fabindia controversy.
Recently, Fabindia released (and later withdrew) an advertisement calling Diwali, ‘Jashn-e-Riwaaz’. This is ...
