Shoot First, Mumble Later

A month after my internet connection went on the blink, it has yet to be fixed. I've called the 1504 helpline dozens of times, and the d...

The warm reception accorded to Kiran Subbaiah's body of sculptural objects has led gallery Chatterjee&Lal to follow up the artist...

The IPL trophy, like most prestigious trophies designed in India, is expensive and ugly. 2500 diamonds, 4500 yellow sapphires, eight rubies,...

I am as fond of our first aircraft carrier as the next guy; in fact, I'm considerably fonder. As a child, I walked more than once along ...

India is heading toward democratic feudalism. While the channels speak of a youth vote, it really was a vote for second, third or fourth gen...

Though very happy with the results of the election, I was disappointed by the coverage of the event. It went in three stages after the ballo...

I've been back for two days but too lazy to finish writing the final installment of my travel blog. I say final installment, but I suspe...

In Damascus, I was keen to find some good steel blades, gracefully curved daggers, scimitars, swords, menacing but attractive. But every sho...

At noon on Saturday, we left Palmyra and headed west for Krac des Chevaliers, a castle built by Crusader knights almost a thousand years ag...

If Damascus didn’t quite match our expectations, Palymyra has exceeded them. Our original itinerary involved three ancient sites: Persepolis...