At a time when the prime minister should be working on challenges facing the nation, Modi seems to have defaulted to his time-tested strategies of dodging, deflecting and distracting – or “3D” as he might call it himself.  

She is a rarity in an educational ecosystem where a disturbingly large number of school principals don’t address crucial issues like these.

...must learn that something will either be ‘sanskari’ or it will be humour.

Schools were not air-conditioned. School fees was affordable, and every class was a potpourri of kids from all walks of life and religious backgrounds. We co-existed fairly happily.

As we all tucked into a biryani, dal makhani, paneer, kabab and raita meal, I asked Nafisa how she was...

This is satire and not an actual guide. Kindly treat it as such. Unless of course, you actually wish to become a godman.

It’s the oldest tactic in the despots’ book. If you can’t refute the truth, attack the truth teller!

It has been said that a great teacher has three great loves – a love for learning, a love for learners and a love for bringing the first two loves together. Sajni Mukherji was the living personification of all three. 

Perhaps if those who claim to be ‘real’ Hindus (but who spend their time vandalising mosques and persecuting Muslims) were to, by some miracle, realise that love for God is love for all humanity, they might just find the peace and satisfaction that has eluded them thus far.

1, Motilal Nehru Palace is a calming place to visit in these days of vulgarity, violence, hubris and hate.

Just as Zelenskyy emerged the bigger man from the White House, the security guard won my respect (and that of others) in the face of bullying.

The inaugural panel discussion at the Press Club of India lit fest, ‘The Challenges facing a Free Press Today’, saw veteran journalists talk about the increasingly difficult terrain journalists are having to negotiate. 

Did you put your niji svaarth (self-serving greed) aside for the greater good, Mr. Kejriwal?

What do you do when students in your class greet you with 'Jai Shri Ram' or insist on telling you why India should be a Hindu rashtra?

The prime minister’s ability to say one thing and do another remains unparalleled. He has built and maintained an illusory world of stage-managed interviews and godi media ‘news’.

That song, incidentally, was written by George Harrison after his return from Rishikesh.

Whether or not one believes in the divinity of Jesus, the fact remains that the hunted child of a persecuted family grew up to become an itinerant preacher whose teachings of love, compassion, and social justice went on to find resonance throughout the known world of the time.

Whatever the outcome of this protest and attempted march to Delhi is, one thing is clear – the government of the day now stands completely exposed in its unwillingness and inability to keep any of its promises to India’s farmers.  

Jon Stewart puts it bluntly, 'If you’re a friend of a bigot, you’re a bigot.'

These usually surface in living rooms, workplaces, and social media debates when apologists for the current dispensation find themselves unable to defend instances of corruption, crony capitalism, or blatant communalism.