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In his words: "I am just a professional writer, which means I don't do blogs and try and get money for whatever I write."

The under construction statue of unity stands facing Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya Colony, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Ahmedabad, India. The statue, a 182-meters tall tribute to Indian freedom fighter Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, will be inaugurated on October 31 and is slated to be the worlds tallest statue. (Photo: AP)

Opinion

Politics of Unity: When size matters, and when it doesn't

The Empire State Building in that same city, traditionally renowned for skyscraping architecture, is a little above 318...

3 Nov 2018 2:22 AM IST

Now, male behaviour is on the radar too; a rising number of women are saying no to unsafe workspaces, for themselves and others. This is one of the biggest achievements of the #MeToo campaign. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Opinion

Protests can be absurd sometimes

The snowflake twitter storm troopers objected to this labeling on the grounds perhaps, that it implied that only males...

27 Oct 2018 12:35 AM IST

The winning translator will receive 1,000 pounds and a selection of Harvill Secker books.

Opinion

Profit moves influencers' of our time

The Bible tells us that many were influenced and converted to follow Jesus through watching miracles such as the raising...

22 Oct 2018 6:02 AM IST

Opinion

In the world of spirits, old is gold: Price is what fools pay

It was distilled in 1926 and bottled in 1986. It's obviously not for drinking, but for display, like a Titian or a...

13 Oct 2018 6:31 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May at a press conference at Downing Street in central London. (Photo: AFP)

Opinion

Chess game democracy in the UK?

It's pocket science to realise that democracy means very different things in different countries and institutions.

29 Sept 2018 12:48 AM IST

Opinion

Of marijuana and the Mumbai police

Chopra quotes several reasons for legalising it. He rightly says it's an integral part of Indian culture.

22 Sept 2018 1:30 AM IST

All 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice on their feeds titled Protecting Your Information. It will have a link to information on which Facebook apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Opinion

Of Internet yug and copyright

I suppose the name Johnny Depp wouldn't mean much to people in a village in Savantwadi or maybe in our...

15 Sept 2018 5:57 AM IST

In TV there is an increasing tendency to try and reduce drama to formulae: In a series there ought to be x number of characters who appear in all episodes. Each episode should follow y number of main plots and z number of subsidiary ones etc. (Representational image)

Opinion

Lies, damned pretences and statistics

Not being a gambler or not having, at the time, any money to gamble, my friends and I never bought the openingâ€ sheet.

8 Sept 2018 1:03 AM IST

Opinion

Religion is sacred, recipes are not

The term jerkâ€ doesn't mean that the curried victim pig or chicken was executed by snapping its neck.

1 Sept 2018 2:47 AM IST

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (1932-2018)

Opinion

Sir Vidia and his A team

Vidia regarded the whole doctrine of the equality of human beings in intellect, character and culture as foolishness.

25 Aug 2018 12:10 AM IST

Opinion

'Burqa jokes' become a pawn in the great game of 'Politopoly'

What could be characterised, absorbed and dismissed as prankish provocation of an idiosyncratic satirist, was not in...

18 Aug 2018 4:18 AM IST

On the way home we discussed the fact that there was a Parsi graveyard at all. Brits would not have looked kindly on Parsis setting up a Tower of Silence where vultures could eat the corpses of their dead.

Opinion

A grave Sunday visit

Of course, the surnames on the Parsi graves are familiar.

14 Aug 2018 1:38 AM IST