We can afford some laughter and lightness lest it become a grim affair
You should still dread the midnight knocks; you should dread the eavesdropper you carry everywhere more
The Afghan failure shows America never had the stomach for a fight with the real enemy—Pakistan
Close encounters from the Soviet occupation to the rise of the Taliban
We may have failed to do justice to the Shivalinga at the Varanasi temple
Goan musings on Rao’s wisdom and the unending march in Afghanistan