Politics, police and politeness
2017-02-05
You cannot be patriotic and impolite in the same breathContinue Reading
On Budget, Bouncers and Hippocrates
2017-02-04
What is worse, politicizing death or medicalizing it?Continue Reading
My walk and talk with St. Antony
2017-01-31
I would like to believe that just as I advocate him as my favorite saint, he too counts me among his favorite devotees.Continue Reading
Travails of an ICU doctor
2017-01-29
By: Dr. George Jacob. Ever since I’ve been rendered a ‘non-operating surgeon’ thanks to a stroke, I’ve been working as an ‘ICU Doctor’, managing post-operative patients in the Surgical ICU of the hospital I work in. Over ten years down the line, my life as a doctor in the ICUContinue Reading
Badals: A case of moving frankness and rare originality
2017-01-27
By : Valson Thampu One sign of originality is the ability to others by surprise. When ten people are gazing at the sky to see a comet, you stare at the same sky and spot a comic strip. Or, everyone expects you to make a sad funeral speech. You get upContinue Reading
In defense of Vinay Katiyar
2017-01-25
when he says that Priyanka is not beautiful enough, he is also betraying his anxiety that she might have some brainsContinue Reading
Secret of Priyanka’s charisma
2017-01-23
Priyanka embodies the sense and sensibility of being authentically feminineContinue Reading
Entering transgender world, finding friendship
2017-01-20
Helping transgender people to find human dignity will be the best gift I could offer to Baby JesusContinue Reading
Jallikattu: Cultural Pride and Rule of Law
2017-01-18
Statesmanship demands that the present standoff be resolved by harmonizing rule of law and cultural prideContinue Reading
I’m surprised you don’t feel insecure!
2017-01-12
Life, for most citizens, is now overshadowed by unprecedented insecurityContinue Reading