War rukwa di, Papa! …. Farrukh Khan Pitafi
In case you are wondering about the title, it is a direct quote from an Indian campaign ad where a student girl returning from Ukraine tells her father that Modiji … Read More
In case you are wondering about the title, it is a direct quote from an Indian campaign ad where a student girl returning from Ukraine tells her father that Modiji … Read More
Two big stories. One dutifully ignored by our electronic media. The other magnified to a terrifying extent. One about India’s general election, which began yesterday. The other about the escalation … Read More
There is something fascinating about the electoral process that has always excited this scribe. If democracy is a fairytale (most likely the Brothers Grimm version), election is its true miracle. … Read More
Despite your valiant efforts to stay clear of the subject, Indian elections, being the world’s biggest exercise in procedural democracy, have the habit of sucking you in. This year’s Kurukshetra … Read More
Netflix’s rendition of Cixin Liu’s brilliant work, 3 Body Problem, just dropped. It is as good as it gets. If you haven’t read the novel, I strongly suggest that you … Read More
Diwaar kya giri meray khasta makan ki Logon ne mere sehn mein rastay bana liye (The wall of my ruined house barely crumbled And people made pathways through my courtyard) … Read More
In Denis E Taylor’s sci-fi trilogy, which is now known as the Bobiverse, a von Neumann probe, or self-replicating spacecraft, escapes a devastating nuclear war on Earth, carrying a single … Read More
The US Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the state of Colorado (or for that matter any state) cannot disqualify Donald Trump (or any federal presidential candidate) from running for … Read More
Pakistan has produced many lost decades. It is difficult for a country like Pakistan not to look back and be seized by a boundless sense of loss. But these past … Read More
Times of India, January 24, 2024: “Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav finds himself in the news owing to a contentious comment on ‘Akhand Bharat’ that invited a rebuff from … Read More