Anjolie Ela Menon’s lens of evolution 

Anjolie Ela Menon’s Revisitations that opens at Shridharani Gallery ,Triveni Kala Sangam in Delhi  is about the creation of  a coalescence of human heads and still life subjects born of a melding of…

Casteism is not Hinduism

This is the 21st Century. One would think that the evils of caste, creed, race would be relics of the past.  Yet – oppression, racism, exploitation – continue to flourish,…

Hungary kya?

Orbán gets a proper shellacking – a reminder that the lovely thing about democracy is its penchant for change Greeting a massive crowd, cheering alongside River Danube, Péter Magyar said,…

Unblock request

If imitation is sincerest form of flattery, Trump’s blockade of Hormuz Strait is a compliment to Iran. For 45 days already, Iran has blocked this geographical tap, through which 20%…

Khalsa signifies oneness of humanity

By Harvinder Pal Singh Baisakhi, a festival of harvest, is also when Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, created the Khalsa, a psychological construct that galvanised common people to…

Samay & Biceps

“It was bad enough that social media sometimes declares that celebrities are dead before their time, now comedians have started announcing that they are Still Alive on YouTube,” Kamala informed…

Some Strait talk for Trump & IRGC

A strait does not have to be closed to be weaponised. It only has to be made conditional. That is the danger now visible at Hormuz, where transit is being…

Haute food, fast food

France is famous for fancy food and beautiful restaurants. But something surprising is happening there. In places like Paris, the most popular food spots right now are not expensive restaurants—they…

Unblock request

The US has started blocking ships near the Strait of Hormuz, an important sea route where about one-fifth of the world’s oil passes. Iran had already been stopping many ships…

Washington should know, history’s repeating itself in Tehran

Around 2,300 years ago, Chanakya wrote in his Arthashastra (paraphrased), “I shall create troubles in his fort… [and] cause him to sustain heavy loss of men and money…sow the seeds…