Are you the sort of person who attaches significance to the number 13?  I do.  In fact, I consider it my lucky number.  Whenever significant developments are due to ...
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The elections presently underway in Myanmar can only be described as a sham. Conducted in three phases, starting end December and concluding at the end of this month, a...
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When I was a young teenager in the late 1960s the 21st century felt like science fiction. If George Orwell’s 1984 was still far into the indefinite future, an altoget...
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I am writing this column from London, where I am holidaying over Christmas and New Year. Britain is a country I love and greatly admire. Something that never ceases to ...
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You hardly need me to remind you today is the 21st of December. For us in the northern hemisphere it’s the shortest day of the year. Of course, if you live in Austral...
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It’s so far back in time you might find it hard to recall the last session when the Indian parliament functioned effectively and credibly. For decades we have grown a...
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Do you remember the days when a bottle of coke would cost four annas? That’s twenty five paise in today’s money. Even at the time this was not an insignificant sum....
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After the National Democratic Alliance’s unbelievable victory in Bihar and the Mahagathbandhan’s shattering defeat, there are two questions that stare us in the fac...
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Is the BBC a corporation in crisis? Or is it being held up to higher standards than the rest of the media? The answer to both questions seems to be yes. The tragic part...
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If you’re too young to have read David Reuben’s 1969 best-seller ‘Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask’ and you haven’t got a...
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