Madhavankutty Pillai
A second-hand bookseller in Mumbai dreams everyday of liberating himself from his name
The thirteenth direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji leads a quaint life of forced elegance while what he really wants to do is race down the highways and party with friends
Rallying for a cause, rallying without a cause, rallying for fun and sun and a taste of India in a teaspoon
Or when the calamity of others became the most riveting form of entertainment.
Deutsche Bank Research CEO Norbert Walter talks about the recession and America’s place in the global order
This correspondent does a spot of terror tourism (is there another kind possible?) on a day seven rockets fell in Kabul.
The people of a remote village in Tamil Nadu live in dread. The massive domes of two nuclear plants and the dubious promise of six more promise disruption, dislocation and worse.