The clash of the teenagers – vivacity, exuberance, grace, and quality tennis at the US Open Women’s final 2021
The two young women who played the US open 2021 finals today have very short Wikipedia pages. Not a surprise[…]
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Reflections on the 09/11 tragedy, The question of worth vs value in the victim compensation fund, and the work of Kenneth Feinberg.
( Preface: September 11th, 2021 marks the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy at the twin towers. For my generation, the[…]
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Remembering Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan — A wonderful teacher, a profound philosopher, and a consummate Statesman
The year — 1952. A touching moment in history: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, walked into Joseph Stalin’s spacious and ornately furnished office[…]
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Loss, grief and the moving memoir of Joan Didion “The year of magical thinking”
Loss is one thing, grief is something else. When one loses somebody close, there is an immediate void, an existential[…]
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For the love of the printed word, and the fascinating lives of two Jewish ladies in the service of books.
A few weeks ago, I visited a colleague’s home in Atlanta for a get-together. It was a beautiful home, spacious,[…]
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The digital divide, the generation gap, and #Home – a sensitive Malayalam film that meaningfully captures the rippling effects of a digitized world within a family)
In 2014, a very penetrating book written by Erik Brynjolfsson ( a tongue twister of a name), director at MIT[…]
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The trials and tribulations of the Afghanis
The people of Afghanistan are unfortunate victims of geography. For centuries the mountainous terrains of this country – populated by[…]
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August 15th and Friday the 13th
Chronological dates have significant importance for us. So it should be. it is a reassuring measure, and it is deeply[…]
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August 6th, 1945 – the day that changed the course of history. Seventy-six years since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing.
( Preface: Last year was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic bombings on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.[…]
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“Navarasa” – the mini-series. My first impressions of the first few episodes.
The word Rasa in Sanskrit cannot be adequately defined. It has no specific meaning, other than indicating a sense of[…]
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