PAVEMENT VIEWS

M. F. Hussain is no more. The news trickled out on Twitter and then flooded the news channels. Unfortunately, the next few days will not...

Here we go again, pandering to imaginary demons. A school in Seattle Washington will allow the distribution of Easter Eggs provided they...

These are exciting times. What started as a agitation in Turkey has spread like wildfire and today reached India. As a lover of freedom...

Even before we began to keep track of events woman has been treated as an object to be possessed and displayed, rather than an equal with...

There is a fantastic scene in the movie Coach Carter where Samuel Jackson is assigning the names of women from his life to game...

Last year BBC’s Open Book show had Salman Rushdie as a guest and something he said on the show struck me. “We are increasingly becoming...

Vote for your hero – http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/. This is a CNN initiative to recognize people who have been making a...

For long now the Indian courts have stood tall ensuring that the rights of the people are protected even as institution after institution...

Andhra Pradesh – Telangana Arunachal Pradesh – Chinese claims Assam – BODO and ULFA militancy Bihar – Need I say anything? Chattisgarh –...

Luggage allowance is something that all of us are aware of when we are flying, but when travelling by Indian Railways (IR) we never...

My previous article The Rotting of Sport got me thinking and searching. The results were surprising. First, I went to my trusted...

From the times of the Romans sport has been an activity where man lived by a code which was almost impossible to live life by. The code...

France, once the cradle of modern democracy and freedom, today took a long, serious step back into the medieval ages. 339-1 was the vote...

On Saturday I had an experience which is very rare in India – I was delighted at the knowledge of a salesman. With my flat feet, buying a...

Classic example – http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloids/motorists-use-bluetooth-stereos-escape-cops-601 Truly, the question is not...

Once in a while a rare event happens – I am moved enough to write about a book or movie that I watched. Once, long ago, I tried...

His books are breezy. The English is actually Hinglish, Tinglish, and many other variants. He doesn’t write about superheroes, he just...

Today’s newspaper is easily the gloomiest I have seen in a long time. The main headlines read as follows – Maoists kill 76 in savage...

October 1, November 14, October 31, November 19….. Any fifth grader will tell you the significance of these dates to India. October 1,...

Molesting a child is the most reprehensible crime a person can commit. The saddest aspect of this crime is that it is often committed by...