A contrarian world

Why does the average Indian love to see leaders abuse power? Abuse of power is a virtue in power drunk India. In fact if an MLA or a SP'...

We took the Guruvayoor express to Chennai from Trichy . We had booked a/c sleepers. When we stepped into the a/c coach a distinctive stenc...

My earlier blogs on my India visit and my facebook posting drew harsh brickbats from people supposedly in love with India. I was hectored du...

Thomas Friedman gushed effusively in his book "The World is Flat" about the millions that graduate from Indian colleges. Given the...

After I wrote the last blog the heaviness in heart and mind weighed me down. I shall turn to some pleasant aspects now. Much of this will be...

Almost a year back an internet petition did the rounds amongst Tamilians to gather support asking UN to declare Madurai Meenakshi amman temp...

Nothing grates the heart of preening pseudo-patriotic Indians as much as a one-time Indian and now expatriate who holds up a mirror to the s...