Cool Temps, Hot Spots: Excursions from Coimbatore, India
For those of us visiting our relatives in India's southern states, even these short day trips are enough to make memories that last a...
The lesser of two evils
There’s a game young teens in America play, where one person presents a scenario, suggests two unfavorable plans of action, and the...
The mynah incident
Two weeks ago, Chennai readers were shocked to see in the paper a doctored photo of two mynah birds appear on the second page of The Hindu....
Voting: all prices are fixed, final sale
A few posts back I wrote that the complacency of voters who don’t care enough to vote are one cause of corruption in the country that...
At The Hindu: Anything but dull…..
CHENNAI: Thirty-six small pairs of eyes stared in awe as bowler Sudeep Tyagi bobbed his head and shook his hips to the music, surrounded by...
Beating the Chennai Heat
A vendor selling fresh watermelons on the side of the street, tempting drivers and pedestrians walking under the scorching Chennai sun. At...
At The Hindu: Two legends, two nations and one great ideology
CHENNAI: Two men from opposite sides of the world transformed their countries based on the same precepts: non-violent protest can spark...
Shocking
As the country lunges toward election season, the Election Commission and other groups have been trying to ensure that polling locations...
Classical Western music falls on deaf ears
Last weekend I went to a performance of the Bolshoi Ballet of Uzbekistan here in Chennai at the Music Academy. I know. A Russian ballet?...
As cool as it can get in Chennai
In America, we're always looking for the next thing. In India, life is more...