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A Voice for All Seasons: Asha Bhosle

There are some voices one grows up with, and others one has the rare fortune of encountering in person—voices that, even in conversation, seem to carry an echo of the worlds they have created. To have met Asha Bhosle a few times, in the course of official duty, was to experience precisely this quiet astonishment:Continue reading “A Voice for All Seasons: Asha Bhosle”

“मौत का एक दिन मुअय्यन है,  नींद क्यूँ रात भर नहीं आती”

शायद ग़ालिब ने ऐसा लिखा था। इन थोड़े और साधारण शब्दों में जो दिलकशी है, वह अद्भुत है। इस मर्मस्पर्शी अभिव्यक्ति में बहुत कुछ छुपा है। इसमें परेशानी है, बेचैनी है, असहायता है, असहजता है, और मन के अबूझ भटकाव का एहसास भी है। मृत्यु—जीवन की सबसे अटल, सबसे शाश्वत सच्चाई। एक अमर यक्ष-प्रश्न जिसे युधिष्ठिर ने समझा, लेकिन जो हम में से बहुतों केContinue reading ““मौत का एक दिन मुअय्यन है,  नींद क्यूँ रात भर नहीं आती””

The Fury and the Faith: Why Dhurandhar Resonates

There are films one watches, and there are films one experiences—as surge, as spectacle, as a kind of collective pulse. Dhurandhar: The Revenge belongs emphatically to the latter. It does not unfold; it detonates. To borrow the vivid phrasing of The Economist, it feels like an impossible cocktail—John Wick’s choreographed brutality, Kill Bill’s stylised vengeance, and InglouriousContinue reading “The Fury and the Faith: Why Dhurandhar Resonates”

The End of The Red Corridor

Is India’s Maoist Insurgency Truly Near Its End? When redoubtable Amit Shah, the Home Minister, declared that India would soon be free of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgency, it carried the cadence of closure—a decisive end to a conflict that has simmered, flared, and endured for nearly six decades. Yet, like many long wars foughtContinue reading “The End of The Red Corridor”

The Unseen Orchestra

After months away—across continents and climates, through the tempered quiet of New York/New Jersey and the restless, choking urgency of Delhi—my return to Bengaluru has been, above all else, a return to sound. Not the sound of traffic or human industry, though those are never far, but something older, gentler, and far more enduring—the quiet,Continue reading “The Unseen Orchestra”

मर्यादित होना ही राम की सच्ची आराधना है

आज राम नवमी है। देश के कई हिस्सों में यह कल ही मना ली गई। इसे भारत के पंचांगों की प्रतिभा कहें या वैज्ञानिक उत्कृष्टता का प्रमाण कि त्योहार और उत्सव हम सुविधानुसार एक दिन भी मना सकते हैं और कई दिन भी। लेकिन राम नवमी चाहे कल मानी हो या आज, राम के प्रति श्रद्धाContinue reading “मर्यादित होना ही राम की सच्ची आराधना है”

Power, Data, and the Orbiting Future

Rethinking Data Centres in an Age of Energy Uncertainty It may seem almost incongruous to speak of the future of data centres at a time when the world is engulfed in an energy crisis. With tensions simmering across Iran, Israel, and the United States, and oil markets facing serious disruption, the immediate instinct is toContinue reading “Power, Data, and the Orbiting Future”

सिलिंडर, अफ़वाहें और हमारा राष्ट्रीय चरित्र

भारत एक अद्भुत देश है। यहाँ संकट कभी-कभी आता है, लेकिन उसकी अफ़वाह उससे पहले ही पहुँच जाती हैं—और अक्सर उससे ज़्यादा समय तक ठहरती भी हैं। रसोई गैस के संभावित संकट की एक खबर इन दिनों देश भर में हवा की तरह फैल रही है। दिलचस्प बात यह है कि अफ़वाहों की रफ़्तार सुनामी कीContinue reading “सिलिंडर, अफ़वाहें और हमारा राष्ट्रीय चरित्र”

A light-Hearted Reflection of An Average Man on International Women’s Day (IWD)

For the average man, International Women’s Day is observed with admiration, respect—and a certain degree of carefulness. Today, the world overflows with earnest declarations, serious reflections, glorious tributes, and passionate advocacy. All of it is necessary and welcome. Yet every once in a while, it may also help to step back and view the day with a littleContinue reading “A light-Hearted Reflection of An Average Man on International Women’s Day (IWD)”

An Evening that Spoke for the “Third World”

The gathering was not large. Yet it was the kind of gathering where numbers quietly surrender to thought. On that evening, we had assembled to release a collection of poems titled तीसरा जहाँ, written by Savita Jain ‘Savi’, herself a retired senior government functionary. The book explores the lives, pains, hopes, aspirations and quiet resilience ofContinue reading “An Evening that Spoke for the “Third World””