Cross Connections

For over ten days now, all of India is talking about money. A nation where over 32 per cent people live below the poverty line, and where s...

Do we know about who is the greatest Indian before Mahatma Gandhi? It does not matter. We live in iconic times with iconic figure who did...

Why would anyone want to be me when I sometimes have a problem being me? I am not on Facebook, but I was there. An impersonator did it. I...

The People’s War Kashmir's Inner Demons by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, July 9-11 Talking in terms of when the situation normalises...

X, Y, Z belong to three nationalities and do not live in their homelands. We first ‘met’ on the page and the monitor screen. I was a byline....

What were they thinking? Does this picture make you cringe? Does reading the copy make you feel better? Would you enroll for dance classes b...

I scrolled through the list of contacts on my cellphone. Tried first name, last name, middle name, nickname. Nothing. I could not find him. ...

That week in England, just before I was to leave for home, I decided I had to see the London Eye. Although it was unashamedly touristy, I fe...

I had been delayed, or so I thought. Spent too much time at the counter buying chocolates; I had gone to pick up a packet of face tissues. I...

“. . . judiciously show a cat milk, if you wish her to thirst for it. Judiciously show a dog his natural prey, if you wish him to bring it d...

…and my not-so-pleasant exchanges with both It needs to be let out. I seethe everyday. He told me, “Even Yahoo was wishing people ...