The other day, I came across a very interesting document - an account of Swami Vivekananda’s visit to Thiruvananthapuram in December 1892. It was written by K Sundarama Iyer, a senior officer in...
3 May 2008 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor, Op 40 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 The Sinfonietta, established in 1990, offered concertgoers the rare chance to enjoy...
I attended a silent vigil outside the Pakistani High Commission in London last week. It called for the abolishment of the death penalty in Pakistan and came just one week before the planned execution...
Why, oh, why does it have to be Yoni Ki Baat? Why? I'm South Asian, right? I'm solid South Asian. So why does it make my blood boil that South Asians are doing an adaptation of the Vagina Monologues...
He's an informant for the FBI Whack the Dalai Lama - The Dickies, "Whack the Dalai Lama" Okay, I don't actually advocate harming the Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and don't hold serious...
A few months ago I was standing in line at the post office talking to someone on the cell and every now and then I used an Urdu word. Sometimes when I speak Urdu, I say an English word with a FOB...
Wherein lies the tragedy of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination? Common wisdom holds that the implications surrounding the demise of one of Pakistan’s major democratic leaders are tragic. Others hold...
This is a review of Steve LeVine's The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea. Random House. 2007. Steve LeVine has worked as a freelance journalist for The Wall...
