India Archive

• 4March 2, 2010

  Morning sounds in India

  If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I wake up to the...
• 13February 24, 2010

  Heat, weddings and proposals

  Two days into my India visit, I am still fighting jet lag, heat and the inevitable attacks on my waistline. ...
• 5February 1, 2010

  Bye, bye Moon. NASA cannot reach you

  So the rumors  that have been swirling around the Internet for the last few days are true – Obama’s budget...
• 22January 27, 2010

  A book critics award for Wendy Doniger?

  I have mixed feelings on seeing Wendy Doniger’s book “The Hindus: An Alternative History” as one of the finalists for...
• 54January 22, 2010

  Dear Mr. Vir Sanghvi

  Dear Mr. Vir Sanghvi, I read your blog post on “bloggers and tweeters” with great interest, for I am also one...
• 5January 16, 2010

  On Minor offences and offences against Minors

  Two things come out very clearly from the Ruchika Girhotra case – first, we need to distinguish between a “Molestation”...
• 19December 15, 2009

  Kidnapped by a parent in India

  Can you kidnap your own child?  What if you are a divorced parent in a custody battle?  The answer in...
• 3December 2, 2009

  Memories of Bhopal

  Twenty five years ago on this date, I was in Bhopal.  We all know what happened on the night of...
• 8November 25, 2009

  Why some Swedes sleep on nail mats

  In the land which gave us the Tempurpedic mattress, some people now like to sleep on beds of nails. Here we...
• 50November 19, 2009

  On pregnant IAF pilots and Barbora-ic remarks

  If you’ve ever wondered why there aren’t enough women in the Indian Armed Forces, now you know why. The Vice...