School for sybarites

Tuesday 30 October '07

Does drowning babes in technology and luxury make them great leaders? A recent ad for an exclusive play school...

Where have all the heroes gone?

Saturday 18 August '07

Even in that last bastion, the army, they are proving elusive

Division sums in Rajasthan

Wednesday 19 April '06

In the Mehrat and Rawat communities of the state, peace proved elusive

The broken mirror

Tuesday 14 March '06

The two women who help me at home are contrasting studies in Indian womanhood. One is 68-year-old, with weathered mahogany skin and a fierce spirit that shines through her frayed cotton sari.