RIP Danish Siddiqui
A young man was killed today in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Danish Siddiqui, a renowned Indian photojournalist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, worked with Reuters. I have never met Mr. Siddiqui but I …
Category: Politics
Congratulations America!
As a non-American, I’ve been pretty darned emotional this morning, weeping away at the speeches and scenes from Delaware, the dancing in the streets, and the joyful scenes in New …
Thinking (& fretting) aloud
As I write – Saturday evening, just before 7pm in Delhi – there is a fair old storm overhead. The earlier torrential rain has eased up a little, but now …
Poor dear Ladakh. Poor dear India
As I’m sure most of you will know by know, there has been a deadly confrontation in the Himalayas between India and China. It took place along the LAC (Line …
The plight of India’s migrant workers
I am sitting on my Delhi balcony, staring in complete disbelief at the front page headline of my morning paper. It is June 10th today. Lockdown, was announced on March …
Delhi is burning. Again
It is like living in a horrific, never-ending nightmare. When will this stressed-out, stressful city stop fighting and killing and wounding itself? When will people stop killing each other in …