The Smiling Buddha!

The English media can be very infuriating. In the aftermath of the Mumbai siege (whose horror cannot possibly understated), these guys have ...

Why Modi won't - and can't - lose Narendrabhai's victory is, as Laluji kindly pointed out, spectacular. While many now claim tha...

Of Leap Years and Lack of Holidays Many know that the Hindu calendar is a lunar one. The lunar year (of 12 months) is about 354 days long. T...

Hitesh has gone multi-religious (I prefer that to the politically charged 'secular'). On the occassion of Buddha Purnima, I bring yo...

We live in weird times. While on one hand there so much हल्ला about ex-beauty queen Aishwarya's marriage, there are others who have achi...

Most of my school time friends, having been brought up in Bangalore, often remark that the city has changed. It has, and in more than one wa...

Its taken me over 9 months to write a new entry! I had almost abandoned it, but then I got a message from someone empathizing with my dislik...