Anthony Ayah’s Passport, Money Laundering & Domestic Servitude
byIn the 21st-century, wealthy Indians are the globalised brown sahibs. Their domestic ‘servants’ represent modern slavery.
Opinion
Distilled Wisdom: On the Imperfectability Of Life
byThe Principle of the Imperfectability of Life pervades everything we do. But compassion must always take priority.
On Happiness & Decision Making
byAre your decisions a sum total of the meaning you ascribe to them? Are some decisions ‘right’ and others ‘wrong’?
In Praise Of The Bioscopewala
byThe Bioscopewala has always been a part of India’s social fabric. Can technology ever replicate their skill & humanity?
The Many Dangers Of Fake News
byFake news, spread through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, is a public security risk. Can it be regulated?
The Repeated Rise and Fall of Nalanda University
byOnce known as a great seat of learning, the Nalanda is now a textbook case of how not to build a world-class university.
On Professional Mourning & Caste Hierarchy
byProfessional mourners are hired to cry – for a person they never knew. It’s a practice rooted in the caste hierarchy.
Brexit & Britain’s Curry Houses
byBritain’s Curry houses employ more people than shipbuilding, steel, & coal industries. Why are they on the decline?
On Mixed-Race Relationships
byEach one of us is genetically unique and more mixed than we know, or would like to admit.
Charlotte Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz: Britain’s First Black Queen?
byIs Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding the most prominent mixed-race marriages in the crown’s recent history?
Of Coconuts, Bananas, and Twinkies
byCoconut, Banana, and Twinkie are racial slurs – slang terms for those who are from a ‘third culture.’
On Walking
byCould bad walking tell us about Regan, Tony Blair, and why the Iraq war went so badly wrong?
India, Iran & The Nuclear Deal
byCan Modi maintain his delicate balancing act between India, Israel, and Iran? Will his pragmatic multilateralism work?
India Has Too Many Cults Of Personality
byThere is one thing that Gandhi, Nehru, Indira, and Modi have in common – a cult-like, larger than life personality.
The Historic Roots of Xenophobia in India
byMany aspects of xenophobia, discrimination on the basis of caste, colour and creed, existed in India for centuries.