Screening intolerance

Thursday 25 May '06

The agitation in Gujarat against Aamir Khan has put democracy under siege

Soli Loquies

Sunday 21 May '06

Information is power. And that is why every administration, whatever be its political colour, tries to withhold or manipulate information.

Soli Loquies

Sunday 7 May '06

In my school days I voraciously read Firdausi’s version of the Shahnama, the feats of Rustum—the Iranian phelwan—and the tragic slaying of Sorab who he did not know was his son, poignantly portrayed in Mathew Arnold’s Sohrab and Rustum.

Soli Loquies

Sunday 9 April '06

Polygamy is one of the worst social evils. Its real vice lies in making the woman vulnerable and open to exploitation.

Indira to Sonia

Friday 24 March '06

No one profits if some office holders become objects of political worship