22 Aug 2011
She will easily be the most hated public figure in India. And she’s not a politician. No, she is not one of those wooden actresses of Bombay. Well, she was not the TV anchor who colluded with the powers-that-be to lobby for cabinet berths. She is just a writer; and also an activist. The only […]
6 Jun 2011
Dear Mr Gandhi Hope you are doing well. I wrote you a letter a few weeks ago when an incident occurred that made you feel ashamed of being an Indian. Since people like me knew some bit of history, and we had been ashamed several times in the past, I wrote to appraise you that […]
2 Jun 2011
Christian theology has clear definitions for saints and sinners. There are even manual-like guidelines on how one could be categorised as a sinner or, through Vatican’s beatification processes, a saint. In the Indian mythological context, however, as with everything else, such definitions are murky. Many things described as sinful were committed by the gods and […]