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Tomatina festival in Bangalore

Of Tomato Fests and the Drama in the Life of Incredible Indians

As Indians who are used to a kaleidoscope of events taking place around us, the chaos that rules our lives and frustrated with the drama that is played around us… Read more »

La Tomatina 2010

A Letter to All Indians from a Spanish Tomato

Hello, I am a tomato from Spain. I am being brought specially to India’s Bangalore because, for some crazy reason, the people there want to throw me and my brothers… Read more »

9/11: Twin Towers falling

Remembering 9/11: History Repeats Itself because the World doesn’t Learn

Hiroshima had been just obliterated from the face of the earth. River Havel, Potsdam, Germany, August 6, 1945: A beaming Harry Truman announced, “We have spent $2 billion on the… Read more »

The forensics team at the Delhi High Court blast site

Don’t Mind the Blasts, Visit My Country and Celebrate its Indomitable Spirit, Sir

Come to visit my country, Sir. I will take you to many interesting places. I will show you the Taj, I will show you the Konark, I will show you… Read more »

The Hindu's Page 1 picture criticised by The Hoot

Delhi Blast: Why the Media Should Not Shrink Away from ‘Graphic’ Details

As a journalist who has for most part of his newspapering career so far worked on the desk, it has always been a challenge to decide what to drop, rather… Read more »

Blast site

Delhi Blast: Mr. PM, Can You Assure Us No One Will Die Next Tuesday?

First I was anxious. There is a lawyer friend who sits at the Delhi High Court and I have often used the now infamous Gate no. 5 to visit his… Read more »

Police dogs sniffing for clues!

Delhi Blast: Mr. PM, We Are Resilient by Force, Not by Choice

Delhi blasts cowardly act of terrorist nature: Manmohan Singh …reads the headline in bold fonts on the DNA website. “Cowardly Act”! These couple of words have become stale, Mr. Prime… Read more »

Gate Number 5 of the Delhi High court where the blast happened.

Blast in Delhi: Feeling Lucky you were not the Chosen One?

It was 12.30 in the noon on Wednesday. As I came out of a 2- hour meeting, my uncle from Kolkata called up. I came to know from him that there… Read more »

The dog sqaud in action at the site of the blast

Another Bomb Blast, 11 Killed, yet Life Goes on

Another explosion, 11 more dead. Just add that up to the growing list of casualties of terror. But yes, life goes on. From the tone of the reporter on TV,… Read more »

The Delhi High court blast killed 11 people

Delhi Blast: No Method, No Madness, Just a Disease

They say there is a method in the madness. I don’t see it. I just see madness dancing its Nataraja number sans balance, sans reasons, sans ideology, sans any consideration… Read more »