Res Gestae

In My Life All These Places Have a Meaning… The single dominant memory that I have of Alan Oscar (pictured above on the right)...

Shanghai:  This city, the largest in the world, was never on my bucket list. Now, I want to go back to hang out and discover the promise it...

On a television talk show recently in which I was a participant, the question posed was “Have opposition politicians misunderstood the na...

High on Aspirations, Low on Talent Let me just say it straight out. The Delhi protests against the shocking rape of a young woman in...

"...to secure the public interest, it is vital that the government shine a light on the power brokerages and influences peddlers in D...

In a 2007 column, your correspondent worried about the confusion between consumerism and modernity and still remains worried. Years ago,...

So I am driving down the broad, new Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road that is the capital city’s pride and joy. There’s this high-end Mercedes pointed...

Command-and-control system failure   If you ever needed evidence that socialist ideology, political populism and the utter lack...

European Odyssey: Barcelona Journal http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/capital-letter/entry/european-odyssey-barcelona-journal How m...

T he Anxiety of Freedom Panjim : The beginning is mundane. You arrive at a jetty on this capital city’s iconic waterfront, tumble out o...

My father, who is in his 90s, suffers from dementia. As such, he has no memory of the past and no idea of the future. He lives in the here...