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Blockchain Privacy Explained: Myths, Mechanisms, and Real Limits

July 19th, 2026|

Blockchain privacy is not a switch that turns anonymity on or off. It is a chain of technical and operational conditions. A protocol may conceal transaction…

Beyond Cricket, The Telegraph

April 4th, 2026|

I am a member of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, and I live down the road from the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Yet when the opening game of this year’s Indian Premier League was played there last week, I was at home, not watching the action on television, but reading a recently published book on cricket, albeit about a rather different kind [...]

Scholar-Patriots, Ten Lessons in Intellectual Practice, The Telegraph

February 21st, 2026|

Those seeking religious or spiritual instruction may need a guru, who teaches and even orders them toward what he considers the correct path. The shishya is asked to follow the guru implicitly and even blindly. However, those who wish to become scholars would be ill-advised to look for a guru. Critical enquiry and original research require one to have a [...]

Drawing on writings of the past decade-and-a-half, this website of Ramachandra Guha’s writings will be continuously updated to include his columns as they appear. Through these rich and varied essays, Guha seeks to capture the modern history of what he terms the ‘most interesting country in the world’.