Res Gestae

Going to Hell in a Hand Basket Everywhere I turn, India is screaming and shouting. Mayawati has done this; Mulayam has done that; Kara...

Coping with Alzheimer’s It’s been less than a fortnight since my mother died. In the interim, my 87-year old father has spent an unsettl...

The Indignity of Death "Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pia...

Aside from the two comments posted on the website, one by Chicago's Suresh Hathiwala and another by Jimmy (identify yourself, please),...

India’s Emergent Lowbrow Culture After a cool and relaxing week in Goa, I flew back to Delhi on a Spicejet flight. It was then that the...