Sunday 17 May '09
This is the last ride Hitch Hiker will take, at least for some time. The launching and nursing of a magazine is taking its toll....Sunday 3 May '09
The Dharmatala traffic junction in Kolkata must be the noisiest place in India. At least it is the noisiest that I have ever been to....Sunday
19 April '09One more IPL. The WWF of cricket, except that it’s not fixed (hopefully). The equivalent of a soccer game reduced to five penalty kicks for each side....Sunday
5 April '09Gulaal is an extraordinary and overpowering film. I watched it a fortnight ago, and I watched it again ten days ago.....Sunday
22 March '09Last fortnight I wrote about a recently-passed-away friend. Since then, questions about friendship have been lodged in a corner of my mind.....Sunday
8 March '09I wanted to write this column about the great pleasure of meeting old friends after a long time....Tuesday
24 February '09India wasn’t up for approval on Oscar Night, thanks very muchSunday
22 February '09Dusk is a hard thing to accept, especially when the day has been glorious.Sunday
8 February '09I have always been chary about HR initiatives in any company.Friday
6 February '09Bull runs end. Bear runs end. It’s about how to manage the transitionSunday
25 January '09On January 20, the 44th President of the United States, in his inaugural speech, became the first President ever to acknowledge the existence...Sunday
11 January '09Iam in the process of launching a weekly magazine. The dummy issue is printed and ready to be sent to potential advertisers and for feedback from likely readers...Sunday
28 December '08On a sunny winter afternoon, I walked around the terrace of our new office, and, almost involuntarily, counted.Sunday
14 December '08The Mumbai attacks are behind us, and they will never be behind us.Sunday
30 November '08I am writing this as I watch the funeral processions of ATS chief Hemant Karkare and Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan.Sunday
16 November '08At 11:35 a.m. on August 3 last year, 17-month-old Baby P was brought to a hospital in Haringey in north-west London and was declared dead on arrival.Sunday
2 November '08A Quantum Of Solace, the new Bond film, releases next week, and I can’t wait to see it.Sunday
19 October '08I’ve begun writing this column minutes after Sourav Ganguly completed his century at Mohali...Sunday
5 October '08I was in Kolkata on work for a day. As the day wore on, it became clear that I would need to stay for one more night.Sunday
21 September '08The second season of the ICL is about to start, and the world will see Brian Lara in action again, even if it’s only in the shortest form of the game.Sunday
7 September '08I was on my way home from work on Thursday evening when I got an SMS alert sent by a news channel...Sunday
24 August '08If you are below the age of 40, you should perhaps skip this column.Sunday
10 August '08By the time you read this, you would have enjoyed the spectacular opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games.Sunday
27 July '08The Government has survived, and India has gone back to watching its favourite TV soaps.Sunday
13 July '08Amitav Ghosh’s novel Sea of Poppies is that rare creation: stupendously researched, and a corking good read.
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