Are we witnessing the steady marginalization of Indian Muslims? Is it the case that politically they increasingly don’t count and in public life they increasingly don...
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Amongst my fondest memories are evenings spent on the terrace of our old farm in Chhatarpur listening to Daddy reminisce about his days in the army as he sipped his fir...
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You have to admit the one thing the Brits do have is a sense of humour. But perhaps it’s not so obvious to those of us who either don’t have one or only like to lau...
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It’s a paradox – to put it mildly – that just as the Bharatiya Janata Party was doing it’s best to reach out to Christian voters in Kerala, its government in De...
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Bizarre as it may seem, the news of Viktor Orban’s shattering defeat in last Sunday’s elections in Hungary made me think of Zoltan Karpathy. Now, who is Karpathy, y...
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I’m not generally given to admiring people. Those that I do are few and far between. But starting October 2023, when Israel’s deliberately planned and inexorably ex...
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You could be forgiven if you haven’t the foggiest idea of the significance of 24 Akbar Road unless, of course, you are a member of the Congress Party. This bespoke re...
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Today’s the 30th day since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran. Whatever its outcome one man has been knocked off whatever pedestal he thought he occupied. And tha...
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I remember the euphoria that followed the announcement of the results of the 1977 elections. Even fifty years has not dulled that sentiment. The Emergency had ended and...
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In case you haven’t noticed, today is the ides of march. I can’t say I’m superstitious but I am aware it’s a day when often remarkable things have happened. Yet...
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