Note (2022) : I had written this post in 2006, to share my own ragging experiences. It is about my positive experiences of ragging in early...

" Why don't you make a film on the issue of disability and sexuality? ", I had asked Arun while we were out on a walk. After ...

A visit to the Jan Jaati Sanghralaya (Tribal Museum) of Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, India) brought back the memories of my childhood. If anyone...

The extensive and ever-increasing network of the Delhi Metro has made it relatively easy to discover different parts of Delhi. This post is...

When someone says "family", my first thought is of a man, a smiling woman and their two kids. They look like the family shown in ...

Finally I am ready to start with my Guwahati city walks – discovering this city through easy walking tours. For the first Guwahati tour I h...

As we approach the Republic day, the long article of Ramnath Guha in the new issue of Outlook makes for sombre reading about threats to &...

The tiny town of Ako in south-west Japan is known for the story of 47 Ronin. The city has a beautiful Shinto temple with the statues of thos...

Last year I visited some beautiful places in Bundelkhand in central India. However, you won't find "Bundelkhand" on the map of...

Recently I was reading the wonderful book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by the Israeli writer Yuval Noah Harari (originally writte...