The Perilous State of Press Freedom in India Today, The Telegraph
In 1824, the Government of Bengal (which was then in the hands of the East India Company) issued an Ordinance placing strict curbs on the freedom of the press. This [...]
Why Modi has Failed India, NDTV.com
Last week, the respected US rating agency Moody’s downgraded India’s sovereign rating to Baa3, the lowest grade. It thereby joined Standard and Poor and Fitch, which had already relegated India [...]
Why our Classical Music may be the Best Antidote to our Chauvinism, The Telegraph
Most evenings, I knock off from work and listen to Indian classical music for an hour or so before dinner. In the past, I would play CDs or cassettes I [...]
The Folly and Vanity of The Project to Redesign New Delhi, The Wire
Six years ago, the then editor of the Hindustan Times invited me to write a fortnightly column. I agreed, on condition that there would be no censorship. While occasionally some [...]
Get The Best Minds on Board, Hindustan Times
Years ago, working in the archives in New Delhi, I came across a brief, handwritten, letter from Jawaharlal Nehru to C. Rajagopalachari. It was dated 30th July 1947, and it [...]
Two Exemplary Twentieth Century Lives, The Telegraph
The 19th century Italian writer Emilio Salgari once remarked that ‘reading is travelling without the bother of baggage’. That is great advice, particularly in the time of COVID-19. Now that [...]