Archive for April, 2011

The Parsis of Bombay
April 30, 2011, 13 Comments

A personal reflection on the Parsi-ness of Bombay and why that makes the city special.

Overheard in the Supreme Court of India – I
April 29, 2011, 4 Comments

(After a long time, I am back to doing Supreme Court “fact”-ion. In the claustrophobic crowded courtrooms on ...

Highlights
April 28, 2011, Comments Off

Why would anyone want to watch the highlights of an IPL match? Especially when, by its very nature, T20 and more so, the ...

Lionel Messi – A Superman
April 28, 2011, 1 Comment

It was anything but classic. The game was more reminiscent of an Old Firm derby – feisty tackling coupled, no doubt, w ...

No More Titrations
April 26, 2011, 8 Comments

The Chemistry Syllabus in India- An Argument for Change

The Innocent Nineties
April 23, 2011, 3 Comments

[Desi nights in London, Doordarshan ads and ruing the loss of innocence only to rediscover it in the unlikeliest of plac ...

Rohit Sharma – A special talent
April 23, 2011, Comments Off

I haven’t seen much of the IPL this season, but I can’t imagine the tournament having produced too many finer inning ...

From Venkat to Ashwin – Of three generations of cricketers from Madras
April 23, 2011, 1 Comment

For a generation that grew up on a staple-diet of televised cricket in the 1990s, Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan repr ...

Kashmir: Time for a Bold Gambit
April 21, 2011, 5 Comments

An argument on why the moment is propitious for India to solve the Kashmir dispute.

Indian Science in the Media
April 19, 2011, 42 Comments

Just a few days ago I finished a book that was supposed to show ‘how Indian science is taking over the world’ ...