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Himanshu Rai: The Light of India

Before Danny Boyle, before Shyam Benegal, even before Merchant-Ivory and Bimal Roy, there was one Indian who was peddling Indian fare to the cinema audiences of Europe.

Gone in 42 Seconds

Gama was the last great Indian wrestler to storm the wrestling pits of Old Europe but he was not the first. As early as 1892, Karim Baksh defeated English champion, Tom Cannon.

Story of Srinivas Ramanujan

The only man rated a perfect 100, the man who was in G. H. Hardy’s mind among the greatest mathematicians of all-time was Srinivas Ramanujan.

Sunset at Uluwatu

Anjali and I had spent the afternoon in Tanjong Benoa. A small touristy cove off the Southern End of Bali, it had been a typical beach bumming day banana boating, snorkeling...

Knowledge and Wisdom

There is an old Tamil song which goes 'Mind - you who can remember, can you not learn to forget'.

Out of the Woods Yet

One evening, as I was packing for the day, my eyes set on an intriguing post in the electronic bulletin board, “Wet weekends at Hermann’s Palace”. The post carried the address and a map as well...

The Bubble and the Pin

Some profound and hilarious comments from two of the best investors of all time, Warren Buffet and John Maynard Keynes

Leaving Sai Palace

Sai Palace is more personal. I would find Hiren, waiting for me. And Kalyani, waiting for Hiren.

The Parcel

Ten hours back, I was at Bombay airport saying my byes to my parents. Mom was disconsolate – She could no longer make me eat slimy okra or beans with coconut gratings. Man, was I glad.

Generation Ex

My time never ended. The late eighties – the heroes that it threw up, the ideas that it spawned and the style that it ushered in. An amazing grip this culture has taken on the Indian Geo-political identity. The sportsmen, the actors, the politicians

The Interview

I was employee number 15 in this pokey little company of 75. Given there were two founder directors, two office boys and a receptionist who were never likely to leave the company, I was pretty much the oldest “knowledge worker”

A Wedding in West Mambalam

I received my share of cold fragrant droplets, skimming over my temples and slightly running down my cheeks before I lost sensation of them.

Rajesh Shankaran

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