THE MODERN HAZARE, The Telegraph
In the winter of 1947-8, the Indian cricket team visited Australia to play four Test matches. Australia, led by Don Bradman, were by some distance the finest team in world [...]
THE COLOSSUS, The Telegraph
As you come out of the Doe Library of the University of California at Berkeley, and turn right, the road slopes downwards and continues until the west edge of the [...]
BEYOND TELANGANA, The Telegraph
The United States has less than half as many citizens as the Republic of India, yet almost twice as many states. The map of that country has been drawn and [...]
RECONCILING GANDHI WITH AMBEDKAR, The Telegraph
Books do not change lives, but books can change the way we look at the world. As a student of economics, I was a high modernist who believed in transforming [...]
GIVING AND GAINING, Hindustan Times
Arguably the most important crucible of Indian nationalism was the ashram run by Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad from 1915 to 1930. It was here that the programmes for the major [...]
THE AESTHETIC CASE FOR VEGETARIANISM, The Telegraph
The finest meal I have had was in the Admaru Mutt, a home for priests connected to the famous old Krishna temple in Udupi. The year was 1994; and I [...]