Travelogue

 No, this is not a reminiscence of my time spent in a Hyderabad bonesetter's waiting room - it's Aarathi Prasad who did that in her ...

A recent report on a statement by a worthy on 'too much tax terrorism', and the resultant exodus of HNIs (high net worth individuals...

Travelling on a vacation with an elderly couple, close relatives, provided some perspectives on the issues besetting ageing in India. The el...

I was recently watching an episode of the hillarious Netflix series 'Cunk on Earth'.  The series, on its surface, starts with explor...

The subtitle of this book is 'The power of knowing what you don't know', and this describes very well the whole premise of the b...

 Helogoland' by Carlo Rovelli In the last chapter of the book, Rovelli very kindly includes a few paragraphs which save the discerning r...

During my work travels across South East Asia about two decades back, I used to be surprised by relics of Hindu icons languishing behind maj...

I've been quite a bit intrigued at times when certain persons are perceived as insensitive or even apathetic, even when they seem to be ...

Had an epiphany of sorts, during my daily morning readings today.  (Nothing groundbreaking, and may look too simplistic to some.) Being a fi...

David Wengrow and the late David Graeber, 'spiritual father' of the Occupy Wall Street movement, co-wrote a wonderful critique of E...