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Book Review: The Edge Of Desire by Tuhin A. Sinha
Tuhin Sinha’s The Edge Of Desire is the story of how Shruti Ranjan, a humiliated woman, enters politics and then has a meteoric rise. Shruti is the wife of an honest IAS officer posted in Bihar. One...
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Notes from the 3rd Borivali National Park Half Marathon
I had run the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in January this year and so when I signed up for the 3rd Borivali National Park Half Marathon, I thought it would be a piece of cake. I mean, if I could...
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Book Review: Chetan Bhagat’s “What Young India Wants”
Chetan Bhagat must be either the most loved and admired or the most hated writer in the Indian sub-continent. Blessed with an amazing ability to connect with India’s youth and excellent marketing and...
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Book Review: “India’s Biggest Cover-Up” by Anuj Dhar
Until I read Anuj Dhar’sIndia’s Biggest Cover-Up, I had only a vague idea of the controversy surrounding Subhas Chandra Bose’s death allegedly in a plane crash in Taiwan. I knew that there was some...
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Book Review: “The Illicit Happiness of Other People” by Manu Joseph
Manu Joseph’s second novel The Illicit Happiness of Other People, treads a path very different from his first one, Serious Men, which had a Dalit protagonist battle a Brahmin boss, both of them...
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A Conversation with Adv. Aditya Sondhi, Ph.D
My friend Aditya Sondhi, a leading advocate based in Bangalore, recently completed a Ph.D on a topic which is very relevant for our times. I have reproduced below (with Aditya’s permission) excerpts...
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Book Review: “Green Zone – Imperial Life In The Emerald City” by Rajeev...
When the US invasion of Iraq took place in 2003, I was in London, having arrived there less than a year earlier. There were demonstrations and protests against what was described by the left-wing press...
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Arati Venkat’s Earth Kitchen
My friend (and senior from law school) Arati Venkat quit a corporate job and lifestyle in Dubai and moved to Bangalore to live on a farm and absorb the essence of simple pleasures rural India has to...
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Book Review: No Easy Day by Mark Owen
Former navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette was part of the SEAL Team Six which raided Osama Bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad and executed him. A little over a year after that daring raid into the heart of the...
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Book Review: “Lines on the Face: It’s a long road to Freedom”, by Sudipta...
Sudipta Banerjee Chakraborty’s debut effort features six short stories, each of which, except the final story, has an American setting or atleast a link to America, and lots of Bengali characters,...
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Book Review: Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
Much before Narcopolis made it to the long list for the Booker Prize, I had added it to my reading list. However, it took me a while to find time to actually read this brilliant piece of writing which...
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An Interview With Neerja Mittersain
Recently I met with Neerja Mittersain, formerly a consultant with KPMG and PwC and now an entreprenuer running Gourmet Company, an online retailer of exotic and gourmet food products. Here are a few...
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Book Review: Roll of Honour by Amandeep Sandhu
Imagine a school in Punjab run by the military, meant to educate its wards so that they gain admission to the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA), a stepping stone to becoming an officer in the...
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Book Review: A Song For I, by Chandrima Pal
A Song For I is a musical extravaganza wrapped in pink. Written by young (but very experienced) journalist Chandrima Pal, A Song for I is the story of Ira, a young and pretty girl born to Himadri...
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‘Twas One of Those Days by Sandhya Gorthi
My friend Sandhya Gorthi, nee Krishnan, obtained a B.A, LLB (Hons) degree from the National Law School of India University and immediately set about doing a number of varied things, most of which had...
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A Conversation with an Aquascaping Professional
Recently I had a conversation with Abhik Mazumdar, former Supreme Court and Delhi High Court lawyer who now runs an aquascaping company. Here are some excerpts. Abhik, at the outset, let me tell you...
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A Letter From Juba, Republic of South Sudan
My friend Ayak Acol de Dut grew up in Juba and Khartoum in Sudan. She did most of her schooling in Juba before moving to Khartoum in 1984, after the second civil war started. In Khartoum, she studied...
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An Interview with John Daniel
I was in my final year at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore when John Daniel started his first year (1997-1998). I remember John to be very polite, but then all freshers were...
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Book Review: The Quest of the Sparrows, by Kartik Sharma and Ravi Nirmal Sharma
Son-Father duo, Kartik Sharma and Ravi Nirmal Sharma, have taken inspiration from the carefree life of the sparrow, which doesn’t worry too much and yet leads a happy and carefree life, to write a book...
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Book Review: India’s China War by Neville Maxwell
Heavy reading: I bought this book over a year ago, read the first three chapters and put the rest on hold. Around 20 October 2012, as the 50th anniversary of the India-China War was commemorated, a...
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