Should a man wear scent?  Or are the aromatic flavours only for the feminine sex?  This may sound a touch esoteric but it’s at the top of my mind this sunday mornin...
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I’m going to do something this morning I’ve rarely done before. I’m going to stick my neck out and make a prediction. Of course, I might end up horribly wrong but...
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Last week Justice Markandey Katju answered a question that has frequently been put to me. Actually it’s one that a lot of people have started to ask: ‘Is the Indian...
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What’s in a name? Unless I’m terribly mistaken, this was the title of a popular strip cartoon in my teens. It would appear in the sunday papers which I eagerly anti...
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It was past five in the evening on Diwali when my landline started ringing. Though bright outside you could sense dusk was not far away. This is the twilight time when,...
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Mine is an unusual column this week. I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. My intention is to re-introduce someone you know as an occasional columnist â...
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I used to think of dengue as a funny-sounding, weirdly-spelt and peculiarly-pronounced disease. Several people I know have had it and I was aware of the fact that it’...
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I dare say Navjot Singh Sidhu attracts controversy. He certainly seems to revel in it. Just as the brouhaha over his embracing the Pakistani Army Chief at Imran Khan’...
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Could you have imagined sex workers can be intelligently, seriously and usefully compared to business leaders and, when they are, might even come out better? Most of yo...
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To be honest, I don’t like crossing roads. I’m always apprehensive when I have to. Indeed, I try to do so only at zebra or pelican crossings. Even then I make a poi...
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