It was an odd subject for Pertie to raise. To be honest I wouldn’t have thought the issue interested him. Yet when he called his concern was unmistakable.

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If there’s one thing our history has taught us it’s that language can be incendiary. When it ceases to be a means of communication and is treated, instead, as a for...
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We need to question ourselves

Indians cannot convincingly complain about others’ racism while keeping quiet about the racism within

I wonder if ...
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Are we “on the brink of losing Kashmir”, as former home minister P. Chidambaram has claimed? Or is that disturbing statement an exaggeration? There is, of course, a...
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The mysterious Mr Jadhav
The case of the Indian sentenced in Pakistan offers more questions than answers

I’m not sure who Kulbhushan Jadhav is or how ...
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They say to err is human to forgive divine but conveniently skip over the critical intervening stage of the need to apologize. No doubt this is because saying sorry isn...
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They say the top court is supreme not because it’s infallible but because it’s final. There’s no appeal beyond it. You can only ask the court to reconsider. This ...
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I wonder what Shakespeare would make of Yogi Adityanath and the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh? His Romeo and Juliet is the unforgettable story of illicit love. Though...
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Anand Singh Bisht is a wise man. The 85-year old father of the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, has revealed the advice he gives his son. As the Yo...
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Has democracy been “murdered” in Goa and Manipur? Has the first right to try and form a government been “stolen” from Congress? Or is the party mistaken about t...
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