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...

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...

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 &...

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

A Scotsman, Robert Bruce is credited with the “discovery” of tea in Assam in India. I think that it is anachronistic that 70 years after the...