There are two occasions when I have felt as though I have woken from the dead. The first was, aged 16, after I had an operation on my back, which had required a general anesthetic.

The second was last Friday when I came ‘to’ so to speak following a week off work ill following my trip to Jaipur. [Read more]

The toilets may have been blocked, the wine in short supply, the queues for food off-putting, and the sound technology terrible, but the range of arts and writing displayed at the Jaipur Literature festival made up for the chaotic infrastructure. [Read more]

It was 7pm. I was sat at my desk and a whole pile of work was awaiting me. But I felt brain dead. I mulled about attending an art party, or a more attractive option, going home and sleeping. Or a less attractive one: continuing the work over an expresso in Barista. [Read more]

I was going to write on another subject today, but have just watched a Times Now report on racism in Australia and I feel I have to pen something on it.

I am shocked that the Australian media is now devoting space to trashing the Indian media, claiming it is giving sensationalist reporting to the attacks on Indians. [Read more]

In The Hindustan Times recently, on the comment pages, Vivek Wadhwa, a senior research at Harvard University, wrote an opinion piece called The Indian Dream. The views expressed were the personal views of the author. [Read more]