Cross Connections

Mukesh Ambani's home at Mumbai's Altamount Road still appears to me to be under-construction. There is something incomplete about ...

There was a knock on the door. A young man stood there assuring me, “Don’t worry, I am not selling anything”. Great. So, why was he here? ...

How do you deal with the hype? The answer is simple: You don't. It is already reaching saturation point. Having 7,200 "e-soldiers...

Evergreen, evergreen…how many times has one heard and read the word to describe Dev Anand. When he died last night at the age of 88, stil...

Would you buy a tin of cow fart only because you are missing home? As a city person, I cannot digest (oops) this, but is it really about no...

I got this note from a well-respected and well-placed member of one of our rightwing political groups. It was sent to ‘undisclosed recipient...

How did a rape victim become an icon and why? Is Jamshed Dasti a stand-alone, callous bloke trying to use pressure and clout to stifle justi...

Do you pledge to play more often with Leo? Do you pledge to use the treadmill? Do you? Your heart and its well-being are not only an adverti...

I live in one. You live in one. We feel walled in and then we break through walls. Ghosts. Or smashed heads. Or lonely souls: Bob Marley - C...

Think. The last member of your clan dies and what you had hoped would outlive you has gone. Disappeared from the face of the earth, the univ...

Arrogance and Austerity The Great Indian Rope Trick by Farzana Versey Counterpunch, September 18-20, 2009 The soles of his feet were crac...