I watched from the window as my nine-year-old grandson, Parth, stepped out into the freshly fallen snow, shovel in hand, as though answering a quiet summons. The driveway lay thick and white, unblemished, still wearing the hush of night. He was alone, valiantly so—scooping, lifting, pushing—his small boots sinking into the softness, his breath foggingContinue reading “Snow, Shovel, A Small Boy”
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India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-II
Pressures, Possibilities, and the Shape of Influence In the first part of this essay, I reflected on India’s economic scale and the institutional resilience that now underpins it. Yet macro stability alone does not tell the full story of a nation’s moment. Beneath the surface lie social tensions, external pressures, and environmental limits that willContinue reading “India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-II”
India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-I
Scale, Stability, and the Learning Curve As India enters 2026, it does so at a moment of paradox. The country stands on the cusp of an extraordinary economic milestone: by the close of the financial year, it has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy. Yet this achievement unfolds against a backdrop of disquiet—strainedContinue reading “India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-I”
Between Falling Leaves and First Snow
Musings As the Year Closes Winter has arrived almost without notice. A few snow showers have already passed through, leaving behind a softened world and the promise of more to come. The brilliant colours and ensorcelling splendour of autumn have withdrawn without farewell. The golds and crimsons that once flared so confidently leave no trace.Continue reading “Between Falling Leaves and First Snow”
India’s Aviation Paradox: Growth Amid Fragility-Part II
Profitability, Policy, and the Road Ahead If Part 1 traced the dramatic growth and fragility of Indian aviation, Part 2 examines why profitability remains elusive, the structural and regulatory bottlenecks that reinforce fragility, and what can realistically be done to secure the sector’s future. Despite soaring passenger numbers, airlines struggle to convert traffic into profits.Continue reading “India’s Aviation Paradox: Growth Amid Fragility-Part II”
India’s Aviation Paradox: Growth Amid Fragility-Part I
Rise, Dominance, and the Recent Crisis India’s skies have never been busier. Domestic aviation has grown explosively over the past two decades, carrying millions of passengers who would once have regarded air travel as a luxury. Low-cost carriers like IndiGo and SpiceJet have democratized flying, making it accessible even to aspirational lower-middle-class families, while full-serviceContinue reading “India’s Aviation Paradox: Growth Amid Fragility-Part I”
शॉर्ट हिल्स का हिमपात
आज सुबह से ही बर्फ गिर रही है। नहीं, बर्फ गिर रही है यह कहना पूरा सही नहीं होगा । गिरने में तो एक अनिच्छा, असहायता का भाव है। बर्फ गिर नहीं रही है, असल में बर्फ झर रही है, अपनी इच्छा से, अनायास, और संभवतः पूरे मन से, खुश होकर। इस झरन में भी एक लय है, संगीत है, नृत्य है। रसिक हृदय वालोंContinue reading “शॉर्ट हिल्स का हिमपात”
The Tyranny of Routine, the Seduction of Comfort
An Essay on How I Turn Every Vacation into a Mirror of Domestic Life Travel, they say, is meant to free us—from routine, from predictability, from the familiar tyranny of our own habits. It is meant to unsettle us gently, to loosen our rituals, to introduce us to novelty with a forgiving smile. umour, satire.This,Continue reading “The Tyranny of Routine, the Seduction of Comfort”
A Brief Tryst with Snow
I stepped out for a late afternoon walk on the roads of Short Hills, just after the land had been laid under a six-inch white carpet of snow. Overnight, the world had been quietly rewritten. Familiar streets, hedges, mailboxes, roofs, and lawns had surrendered their individual identities and merged into a single, dazzling expanse ofContinue reading “A Brief Tryst with Snow”
What a Week Teaches Us About Life
As I prepare to leave Punta Cana—this sliver of sunlit earth bordered by warm winds and waters of impossible blue—I find myself gathering the week not just into my suitcase, but into my thoughts. A vacation, I realise, is not merely a pause from life; it is a concentrated version of it. In seven days,Continue reading “What a Week Teaches Us About Life”
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