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Two More Casualties of COVID-19 in India: Morality and Scientific Temper
Two of the lasting (at least most of us thought in our childhood they were lasting) legacies of the Indian founding fathers were the introduction of moral leadership and scientific te...
In Politics, History, Apr 15, 2021
Prime Minister Modi is Steering India Toward the Chinese Road
For decades now, China has been an outlier in international affairs and the Western liberal order. Unlike most other major powers, it is not a democracy and yet continues to deliver e...
In Politics, InternationalAffairs, Economics, Apr 03, 2021
The Greatest Test Series Win, Check ✔
It is excruciatingly hard to educate an American or someone from mainland Europe about the beauty of test cricket. Five days of sweat and blood, surprises and monotony, skills and for...
In Cricket, Jan 19, 2021
Toward 2021: Six Trends Originating from COVID-infested 2020
Geopolitical forecasts, due to their very tempestuous and complex nature, tend to be notoriously misguided. Nobody could predict in 2019 that a small virus would cause unprecedented u...
In InternationalAffairs, Jan 18, 2021
Of Mountains and Musings
The majestic beauty of mountains, especially the Himalayas, is ethereal in a way that no other wonder of nature—oceans, forests, deserts—could match. The multitude of shapes manifeste...
In Others, Philosophy, Dec 27, 2020
Rajaji — The Sagacious Founding Father
What if I told you that two days ago was the birth anniversary and thirteen days from now would be the death anniversary of one of India’s foremost founding fathers? I am sure most of...
In Biography, History, Dec 11, 2020
Has the Indian Nation-building Project Been Comparatively Peaceful?
The above question has the capacity of sharply dividing public opinion based on sociopolitical preferences and ideologies. It is also a question the answer to which could be biased be...
In History, Nov 30, 2020
IPL and OTT vs. Atmanirbhar Bharat: The Folly of Self-sufficiency
Before the 1991 economic liberalization, India was used to the so-called “license-permit-quota raj.” Every single industry and every aspect of the industry—production, labor, infrastr...
In Economics, Cricket, Cinema, Nov 24, 2020
B. M. Mishra (1935-2019): A Tribute
As a self-imposed rule, I never write about my family members or express my admiration for them in public but let this be an honorable exception. After all, my grandfather who unfortu...
In Biography, Nov 17, 2020
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