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How You Play the Game
About a year ago, my friend and colleague Mille Bojer invited me to write an essay for a booklet she was compiling on “Changing the Game”. The booklet was based on an article written by Mille in which she argues … Continue reading
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Steve Waugh – The Opposite of Ice
Two years ago, a couple of weeks from today, the man who, after my Dad, has taught me the most about life played his last Test match. A few weeks ago, he released his autobiography, which he claims to have … Continue reading
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Portrait of a Gigolo
“A model”, I first thought when I walked in at 10pm after a long day at the office and found him sharing a beer and a cigarette with my host. He had that deadly combination so carefully cultivated by models … Continue reading
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Book Review: Surface by Siddhartha Deb
My review of Siddhartha Deb’s Surface, that appeared in this month’s India Today Travel Plus. My brief was to focus on the travel aspects of the book. And it was eventually published with the title “Beyond the Surface”. Comments welcome. ——————— Pursuing the … Continue reading
Lilting, Lulling Ranikhet
An article in The Hindu on the possibilities of a weekend getaway from Delhi to Ranikhet.
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Mixed Feelings about Mist
An unpublished poem ——————————– Naukuchiyatal. Mist dweller I have mixed feelings about mist. Because it obscures. Two weeks ago, It prevented me from seeing the Trishul and Nanda Devi peaks from Mukteshwar It prevented me from reading while settled in … Continue reading
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Reviving Ethics in Strife-Torn Kashmir
My essay in Changemakers.com on the pioneering work being done by Susheela Bhan to restore the ancient Sufi concept of Kashmiriyat in modern-day Kashmir.
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The Social Entrepreneur
Excerpts from a longish article I wrote for the National Human Resource Development Network’s newsmagazine. This was about what it’s like to be a social entrepreneur, and about the organization that’s pioneered the concept of social entrepreneurship. —————– The Social Entrepreneur … Continue reading
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Zanzibar
A travelogue on Zanzibar, first published in Outlook Traveller in 2004 but no longer online. ————————– Zanzibar Whoosh! I broke the surface, arms flailing, looking wildly around. Where were they? All I could see was the open ocean, and the … Continue reading
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Living High, Living Low in Tanzania
After returning from Tanzania in the summer of 2003, I wrote a long essay, which was then adapted by Travel Mag. This is the link to the adapted essay.
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