Atal Vajpayee’s journey to Lahore reminded me of my own first visit to that city. It was in 1980 and I was still short of 25. The Russians had just invaded Afghanistan and I managed to convince...
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“Why don’t you write about some of the nice restaurants you go to?” I’m often asked. “That would be a helpful thing to do. Lots of people would like to try somewhere new.”

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What worries me about the injunction ‘Thou shall not lie’ is that it’s impossible to fulfil. Desirable, of course, but quite beyond the reach of human frailty. It would be far better to rep...
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Is a woman’s place at home? If you think the very question is risible you’re right, but I raise it because it was the subject of a recent debate at the FICCI Ladies Organisation. It was one ...
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There are times when I lose respect for my countrymen altogether. One such is weddings – particularly the grotesque garish sort that occur at rented farmhouses in Chattarpur and Vasant Kunj and ...
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he BMW accident is one of those macabre events that has captivated public attention. Everyone is talking about it, some are speculating, others criticising, a few re-constructing events and the pr...
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When Nikhil Kumar as Police Commissioner told me not to judge all policemen by the few bad ones I might meet I smiled but paid little heed to his advice. After all you would expect him to say that...
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I thought it was a cliche but I was wrong. The truth is often best expressed in the simplest of aphorisms. If it sounds silly it’s only because we’ve become blaze. Well, I often am but today...
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It’s a funny time to be in London. The city is obsessed with a political scandal. It concerns the former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the house he bought in Notting Hill. Beli...
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This is the story of two airlines, two cities, two experiences but one night of dreadful fog. I guess you can imagine what I’m writing about.

A dear friend and her husband were expecte...
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