The morning after the election results were out was chilly, not just because of the chilling results. A chill wind was indeed blowing, one that could bode ill for the country. The BJP’s electoral sweep in U.P. had chilled me to the bone, so I was trying to catch a little sun in the garden.…

My earlier piece on the State elections was titled “”The Dove and the Crow”. This corollary is “From Crow to Hawk”. I had also thought of calling it “A Mandate Betrayed”, or “The Butchering of Democracy”. All three would fit the bill. I received an unprecedented response to my previous article under reference. Most respondents…

Christian women could feel threatened by a recent article “Why Women Wear Veils in Church” written by one Susanna Spencer. It appeared in a pious journal published by a renowned pilgrim centre for hopeless cases. It was hopelessly off the mark, as I shall presently expound. Spencer claims that Christian women always covered their heads…

This title could mean two things (double entendre). Firstly, as in a race, it could mean that one was off the mark in a flash, as the starter called out, “On your marks, get set, go”. Secondly it could mean that one had gone off track or missed the mark. I mean both things –…

While writing about the Republic Day Parade (RDP) last year I said that I missed the rich timbered voice of Rini Simon-Khanna.  I had also hazarded a guess that this year the Chief Guest would be the Emir of Kuwait .  After watching this year’s RDP I got fiendish pleasure in being spot on last…

The Uncertainty Principle is no longer limited to physics and quantum mechanics. It seems to have pervaded all of human existence; be it personal relationships, politics or the environment. There are three events in a person’s life that are poetically referred to as hatches (birth), matches (marriage) and despatches (death). It is natural to feel…