A high wind in Jamaica

Friday 5 September '08

Usain Bolt and his fellow Jamaican sprinters set the world on fire at the Beijing Olympics.

What will tomorrow bring?

Thursday 26 June '08

It is estimated that as many as 90 per cent Indians believe in some form of futurology. Apparently, the former president...

Humour in uniform

Thursday 27 March '08

A recent trip to Mumbai gave me a chance to meet again two distinguished personalities of the old navy — Admiral Rusi Ghandhi and Commodore Randhir Malia.

Extraordinary rendition

Friday 15 February '08

Thirty years ago, Pankaj Mullick, a musical legend, departed from this world but left it richer with his spellbinding music.

A few good men

Thursday 17 January '08

The annual lunch for retired naval officers was hosted by the navy chief recently.

Music without borders

Friday 16 November '07

An early teenage memory takes me back to a radio travel programme, the theme song of which had Bing Crosby crooning...

Thar they blow!

Saturday 1 September '07

The Indian Navy’s hosting of a five-nation joint exercise named Malabar, in the Bay of Bengal, has ruffled the Left Front.

Playing favourites

Friday 27 July '07

The last of my sports heroes, charismatic golfer Seve Ballesteros, has announced his retirement. That makes me ruminate over my fascination with sports stars over the years...

Roll call of honour

Monday 2 April '07

Every trip to Jaipur brings on loads of nostalgia, since I spent my adolescent years there.

The whether of weather

Saturday 23 December '06

The weather has become so crucial in our lives. We keep on making plans to cope with monsoon failure but finally end up praying and organising yagnas to appease Lord Indra.

Don’s golf swing

Thursday 9 November '06

The film, Don, has become the talk of the town. Critics have dissected the movie, frame by frame.

First principles

Saturday 23 September '06

What happens when the recovery truck needs recovering

Pecking order

Tuesday 18 July '06

Some naval ships from Indian visited Vietnam last month. The news took me back 48 years when, in August 1958, I went to Saigon...