4 days agoHow We defeated Chinaby Ramesh Sukumaran Sometime in the sixties of the last century, China attacked India. As we all know, the Chinese are sneaky people. The word fair play is missing in their lexicon. So they attacked us without warning. This is just not done, as any book on how civilized nations…India China War 196213 min readIndia China War 196213 min read
Dec 22, 2022A Road Trip Down SouthThis is the story of a trip I made from Delhi to Kerala in 1996. I was then posted in Air HQ. Unable to obtain a train ticket for my annual leave, I took my family on a road trip to Trivandrum, from Delhi. This was a spur of the…Kerala9 min readKerala9 min read
Dec 7, 2022Rahul Solves the O2 Crisis in UP(Before the Bharat Jodo Yatra, there was another occasioned by an oxygen shortage in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district Government Hospital in which dozens of children died. Uttar Pradesh, UP for short, is India’s most populous state and one of its most backward. In a multilingual society, people switch facilely between…Oxygen Crisis11 min readOxygen Crisis11 min read
Dec 4, 2022How Young Un learned to love the H-Bomb(I love the news especially as covered on Indian news channels and of course Fox News, the BBC, CNN and other champions of the free world, not excluding NDTV. This was written when the DON was president) — — — — — — — — — — — — —…Nuclear Energy4 min readNuclear Energy4 min read
Dec 4, 2022A Paean to driving in Bangalore, IndiaThe way we drive in India has fascinated foreigners ever since automobiles became popular here. Many are the panegyrics they have penned in tribute to our driving skills and easy acceptance of sudden death on the roads. …Indian Roads14 min readIndian Roads14 min read
Dec 4, 2022Ryan and Me and the Art of Education in Bharat(A small boy in a Delhi school was murdered by a school senior after being sexually molested. This created a hubbub which lasted a few weeks, before everything subsided) The Queen’s English would have it ‘Ryan and I’, but we know better. …Ryan School4 min readRyan School4 min read
Dec 4, 2022How India revenged 1962Sometime in the sixties of the last century, China attacked India. As we all know, the Chinese are sneaky people. So they attacked us without warning. This is just not done, as any book on war will tell you. Alas! Times have changed and war is not what it used…1962 War10 min read1962 War10 min read
Dec 4, 2022Crime and Punishment Indian-style(Many years ago the actor Salman Khan was arrested in Rajasthan for illegally killing a blackbuck. Even after all these years the case continues. Then later while apparently inebriated, he drove his vehicle onto the pavement in Mumbai, killing people sleeping there. That case too continues) Now childrens, be quite…Salman Khan19 min readSalman Khan19 min read
Mar 20, 2022Which is India’s Most Honest State?It all began simply enough. As a school quiz. Which is India’s richest state, was the first question. That was easily answered. In case you are curious, it’s Maharashtra. Which is India’s most educated state, was the next. That again was easy — Kerala. And so on the quiz went. …Corruption In India2 min readCorruption In India2 min read
Dec 20, 2021A New Investigative ParadigmA couple of days ago it was reported that a young man had been lynched in the premises of the Golden Temple by a mob of Sikhs angered by a presumed desecration of their holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib. The ‘desecration’ was roundly condemned by all the usual suspects…Sikh8 min readSikh8 min read
