Terror revisited…

Reading about the German bakery blasts and the terror attack in New Delhi on Monday, brought back a few memories. Some time in early 1986 when I was just a year into journalism, we were sitting around after putting the paper to bed when three clean-shaved young men walked into the then Maharashtra Herald office [...]

Shutting the stable door, after…

Last Thursday I was at Pune International Airport on my way to Kochi via Bengaluru. Since I had just some hand luggage I ran it through the scanner and as I stepped forward for a body check, I was watching the face of the security personnel. It was 5.30 am, and he was either completely [...]

Getting frisked…what’s wrong?

So another important Indian official got frisked at some US airport. The Yanks probably thought she had an AK-56 hidden in the folds of her sari! But jokes aside, at least she got frisked. In India try frisking your own MPs and bureaucrats and the next thing you know the Airport Manager will be transferred [...]

We remember 26/11 only because the rich got hit?

Ok, here’s a quick quiz? And don’t surf the Internet for answers, be honest with yourself. • What was the exact date of the bomb blasts in Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi? • When were the bomb blasts in Greater Kailash Market and Karol Bagh in New Delhi? How many of you guessed correctly? Let [...]

A wound that festers….

I know this issue is going to upset a few of my Kashmiri friends, but this is something I’ve felt strongly about. Point # 1: Why, every few years, do we undertake this entire charade about talks with Pakistan when we have no intention of handing over Kashmir or even talking about it? It seems [...]