Hindustan Times
We banned Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and provided the moral justification for a barbaric fatwa on his head by Iran’s then spiritual leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Read more
(40 votes, average: 3.98 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Filed under religion · Tagged Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bajrang Dal, Gautam Chikermane, Heehs, India, Iran, Jaipur Literature Festival, Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, MF Husain, Orissa, Pondicherry, Qatar, Salman Rushdie, Sri Aurobindo, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, The Satanic Verses
It’s a pleasant morning, the wind is gentle, the sea is calm, the sun is looking down with a smile after days of hiding behind dark clouds. I am out with my camera, looking for ‘compositions’ and ‘angles’ and the delightful play of light and shadows that make a great picture. Read more
(4 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 7:55 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged curiousity, fishermen, fishing nets, half-decent lives, market, Pondicherry, turquoise sea
The tranquil-turquoise waters have receded by 800 metres or so. In its place is a harsh grey-green belt that has surrounded the sea-facing borders of Pondicherry, our second ‘home’. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged Bay of Bengal, Edward N. Wolff of New York University, financial assets, hindustan times, non-financial assets, Pondicherry, United States
As knowledge rips away the sense of marvel from one delightful phenomenon after another, I wonder if we (you my readers and I your blogger) are condemned to an existence that’s as exciting as quadratic equations, chemical reactions and a series of numbers that we can’t even begin to imagine, leave alone comprehend. Read more
(3 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Filed under Research · Tagged blogger, Pondicherry, researchers, scientists
