Tag: Farrukh Khan Pitafi

Hidden away on a small street off Regent Street near Oxford Circus in today’s London, there is a little luxury item shop called ‘The East India Company’. It is no … Read More

One privilege of writing for as long as I have is that when you mention a book or a podcast by a living author, the author or the podcaster finds … Read More

Where globalisation of thought on the internet has made the evolution of ideas easier, the nature of reality has also repeatedly come under trial. One sad development in recent years … Read More

They say there are two tragedies in life. Not to get your heart’s desire. And to get it. But what happens when you get what you want but only in … Read More

Absolutely Anything is a 2015 science fiction fantasy comedy film in which all living members of the Monty Python crew and Robin Williams provided voices of the non-human characters. It … Read More

Today marks the penultimate round of voting in the sprawling Indian election. The final round will take place on June 1, the next time this column appears. And on that … Read More

The widespread suspicion that everything is controlled in the country poses a serious challenge to the integrity of India’s opinion polls. Do not shoot the messenger. This distrust is the … 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