Author: B Shantanu

Nightmare at Noon: Thinking of Water Footprints

Following my nightmare at noon, the first question is how do we raise awareness about this critical issue that rarely gets the attention it deserves? One way to do this is to talk about...

Was Thomas Friedman thinking of India?

Here is Thomas Friedman (Advice From Grandma), lamenting about the state of affairs in US of A. Almost every word excerpted below might well have been written for India (emphasis mine). …What I increasingly...

What I am reading this weekend…

‘New insights on the modular planning of the Taj Mahal‘ by Prof R Balasubramaniam – Exploring the link between Taj Mahal and Harappa [ pdf download ] Is Islam the Problem? by Jonah Godlberg...

Words of “a fish out of water”

…in other words, some light weekend reading. *** Excerpts from a recent interview of Nafisa Ali *** Why have you rejoined the Congress? Because that’s my party. … Why do you say that your...