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The first time I knew myself to be in the presence of greatness was while sitting under a shamiana in New Delhi’s Modern School sometime in the...
I have admired the historian and biographer, Rajmohan Gandhi, for many years, both for his books and for his abiding commitment to democracy and...
In November 1904, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi bought a large farm 14 miles (22.5 km) from the port of Durban in South Africa. Prior to this...
Among the few perils of being a professional bullshitter – normally a pleasurable and even profitable vocation – are the presents that one receives...
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a brutal attack on the citizens of Israel. More than 1,100 people were killed, of which three-fourths were...
One of the great challenges of the modern world is how to get people of different faiths to live peaceably together. The creation of nation-states...
The Indian scholar I most admire, Professor André Béteille, celebrates his ninetieth birthday on September 15. Born and raised in Bengal, he moved...
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past,” runs one of the most famous lines in George Orwell’s...
The United States is the country I know best apart from my own. I first visited it 38 years ago and have been back many times since. My last visit...