50 for 75 – An Independent India Reading List, The Telegraph
In an earlier column (The Telegraph, 13th August), I provided a brief analytical history of India’s democratic institutions since Independence. In this column, I offer a list of non-fiction books [...]
The Real Game – The joys of watching cricket in whites, The Telegraph
As a member of the Karnataka State Cricket Association I have free entry to all matches played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. However, I have never exercised that privilege in the [...]
Growing Old with the Telegraph, The Telegraph
Although I grew up in north India, the newspaper that came into our home was headquartered in a great city then called Calcutta. This was The Statesman, whose main edition [...]
In Praise of Desmond Tutu, The Telegraph
I have been thinking a great deal about South Africa these past few weeks, in part because of the Test series being played there, but mostly because of Archbishop Desmond [...]
The Mahatma’s Words, The Telegraph
One of the most remarkable individuals I have known was K. Swaminathan, a professor of literature from Madras who went on to become Chief Editor of the Collected Works of [...]
For a Free Press: The Legacy of B G Horniman, The Telegraph
When, in 1995, Bombay was renamed Mumbai, it led to a spurt of such renamings of buildings, streets, parks, and railway stations in the city. However, a few dead foreigners [...]