COLUMNS: No Capital for Culture


How Delhi lags behind in fostering the Arts. For Hindu Business Line

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COLUMNS: I’ll Have Some Civility


A critically under-appreciated virtue right now. From Hindu Business Line

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COLUMNS: Mummy Loves You


On the impossibility of getting an OCI card

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COLUMNS: Sleigh Bells Ring


Consumer Christmas in post-religious China.

COLUMNS: Longing and Belonging


A new column in The Hindu on life in Beijing.

Reviews: One Point Two Billion: Stories


“He had fifteen blue silk ties, each a slightly different shade of cerulean.”
It is a simple little sentence, offset nicely with paragraph breaks above and below. It stands by itself. It conjures up an image of a fastidious man, a professional (in this case, a lawyer), careful – even painstakingly so – about things, including his appearance and image. Perhaps a bit of a narcissist. Is he a narcissist ?

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