Overrated Outcast

(After we discovered that the new CBFC CEO walked straight out of a teevee soap opera set in a tiny village in Northern India, we asked our...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) The past few weeks have been really distressing for those of us who like to think of themselv...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian) On the second day of the seventh month of 2009, a few wise men of the Delhi High Court–who tho...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) There was a feeling of sadness permeating through the air. The streets were empty. Families g...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) I tried looking out the dusty window to get a look at–what I assumed–was a beautiful scenery,...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian) Do you like to travel? If you do, then have you ever made a whole bunch of your fellow travell...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian) In a world, where conflict rules, borders keep on changing, friendships are based on self-inte...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) In every person’s life, there comes a time when you realize that the world around you is chang...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) It was late in the night. The year was 1998. The setting was a teevee studio in a remote corn...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian) If you were to describe the love-hate relationship between India and China to a teenager with ...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) A long, long time ago, back in 2007, things were very different. The BJP was promising to pro...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) It was one of those weeks when the bad news just wouldn’t stop. However, one major event weig...

Welcome to Mindfest ThinkPalooza 2013! Today’s sessions include ‘Did we Really Pay a Hundred Thousand Dollars for This’ with Sarah Palin; f...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) There was once a young man called Sree, Who wanted a lot of money for free, He thought it was...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) In a few days, as we finally say goodbye to angsty April and waddle into marshy May, we will ...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) While ‘the nation’ sweltered in the blistering summer, its political establishment used this ...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) A lot of the problems in our country are rooted in the fact that there is a distinct lack of ...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) Recently, internet overlord google announced that its going to allow a lucky few the privile...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) Every morning, when I am woken up by the sweet chirping of birds outside my window, I look at...

(This first appeared in the Sunday Guardian ) Usually, we like to be quite tolerant on these pages. Accepting everyone for who they are and...