Category: Blogs

“The match ended suddenly at the picturesque Hagley Oval and so did my brief sojourn in Christchurch, New Zealand, which is so beautiful and pristine. Once again, it seemed a major part of me had embarked on a strange internal journey – long and lonely – apparently with no end […]

“How long can a country of nearly 1.4 billion people sustain itself if its people constantly keep bickering and bringing its bitter past into the present? How can a country, which is home to people from all religious and caste backgrounds, afford to have its policies and procedures drafted along […]

A friend asked me to provide my comments on the following post on social media by a third person completely unknown to me: “I love India’s diversity in terms of different cultures, ethnicity and religious communities. But more than that I take pride in unity in this diversity … Historian […]

ALL educated people are not crooks but most crooks are educated people. People who engage in scams and corruption of the highest order are all educated. Most schemers and devious individuals are educated. One would argue why can’t uneducated or illiterate individuals also be crooks and devious people? Well, yes, […]

A country can be likened to a building as one of its smallest units. A building can’t stand without a foundation. A structure can stand tall and proud only if its foundations are strong and stable. One can reach the top of a structure only if its foundations – as […]

The day was very busy and a little stressful, thanks to clients, who expect reports to be submitted yesterday, and the current construction works on a number of prestigious mining projects, located in northern Western Australia, of both national and international importance. I started for home about 10 minutes ago. […]

‘Yesterday morning, I exchanged Indian Republic Day greetings over phone with a Kashmiri Bhatta (Kashmir Pandit) relative in his 70s – a retired senior government officer – who lives in the city of Jammu, located in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. After exchanging initial greetings and some mundane talks, […]

Happy New Year 2020, my global family! I come across many educated people who say religion is the main problem plaguing the earth. As such, they support the idea of banning all religions, albeit hypothetically if it was at all possible. When you engage with such  individuals in more detail, […]

“We Kashmiris may look weary, teary, dreary, shaky, noisy or lazy. That is only a superficial perception, which may fool many. Deep down, we are extremely hardy, tenacious, pugnacious and resilient. Our history is extremely complex. We withstood Alexander’s invasion, as well as repeated invasions of several Mongol chiefs. We […]

“We have been advised universally – supposedly by divine wisdom – through our spiritual texts, self-proclaimed wellness gurus and many wise people – that life means living in the present moment. Constant preaching has been reminding us that, to move ahead in life, we must learn to keep unloading the […]