Mitt Romney was going around the room shaking hands and signing autographs. His campaign speech was over and it was time for me to leave. But for security reasons, no one could leave before the candidate and his security detail. [Read more]

Karl is a local boy — you can hardly call him boy, though, not at his age — who saw the neighbourhood change before his eyes: the dense forests split by wide interstates, and smaller roads cutting through what were in effect a part of his playground. [Read more]

After they were done yelling at some Pakistani journalists who, expectedly, had some harsh questions, the lawmakers relaxed. It was time to pump flesh. [Read more]

You might think children need some exercise to break the monotony of lessons, no matter how exciting they can be. Or so we thought: it was a slam-dunk for us. [Read more]

Full disclosure at the start: this is still work under progress, I have not finished my research and reporting. But thought it was an interesting story to talk about in my blog. [Read more]