“What about rape squads in Arab countries like Egypt?”, ABC asked. “What about them?” I asked. “Anyone seen not wearing...

The term “aurat”, commonly used to refer to a woman in the Hindi-Urdu speaking world, comes from classical Persian, borrowed...

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office...

The problem was, they thought she was alone. The solution, I figured, was to make them think otherwise. That way...

“Hello, Raj! Do you have my phone?” “What do you think I am talking into?” That was certainly the first...

The phone was continually ringing, but answering a call was as risky as not answering the call was unwise because...

“What’s your name?” She asked on the overbridge. “Raj, HemRaj,”  I said, chuckling at the silly ‘Bond, James Bond’ pattern...

“Gomti is coming here?” She demanded (like Gomti was her maid) of nobody in particular, standing by the public bench...

Identity is astoundingly complicated, which is not always readily discernible, and has been known to foster conflicts; but in recent...

"How in a big an diverse country like ours, can the democratic institutions fall prey to such ideologies?" Someone asked...