Sat, Nov 17 2018. 12 22 PM IST
People believe there is will, self-control and sacrifice, and a combination of these qualities is discipline. But what if, in reality, discipline is a false public front for private procedures
Sat, Nov 10 2018. 10 26 AM IST
The assumption that the substance of a book, or a lecture, or a film is in its synopsis is one of the most foolish assumptions of our age
Sat, Oct 27 2018. 10 24 AM IST
Atheists understand belief more deeply than they imagine. We are all believers in unprovable ideas; just that in some of us the idea is god
Sat, Oct 20 2018. 12 11 PM IST
There is an epidemic of loneliness across the world. But then loneliness is not always a scarcity of humans; it is often a rebuke—of the lonely
Sat, Sep 29 2018. 11 22 AM IST
Affluent India is an archipelago of islands where people pay a premium not for quality but for the invisibility of Other Indians. The best thing money can buy in India is keeping India out
Sat, Sep 22 2018. 11 07 AM IST
The same kind of people who made her a saint, now defame her. It is a reminder that we must not overly respect the opinions of the global elite about local affairs
Sat, Sep 15 2018. 08 49 AM IST
What if many things that people consider virtuous are in reality evil? What if evil lurks in the very things that give many of us meaning?
Fri, Sep 07 2018. 11 48 PM IST
A conversation with chef Manish Mehrotra about the meaning of global Indian food clarifies the modern meaning of global itself
Sat, Aug 25 2018. 10 45 AM IST
You never get even with your parents. Eventually, they lose easy. And no matter what their failings, when they face the inevitable justice, it does not feel like a triumph
Sat, Aug 18 2018. 11 49 AM IST
The existence of ‘jugaad’ is evidence that the circumstances of a society are so bad that its smart people are doing what smart people in other civilizations do not have to do
