‎Nepal is all over the news this week in the Indian media. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Kathmandu this weekend. Most of the Delhi edition newspapers carried extensive analysis of India-Nepal relations. Complex issues concerning India's historical relationship with Nepal. A second Constituent Assembly is attempting to draft a new constitution for Nepal. The … Continue reading Nepal

Why we say 'seeing is believing' and not ‘hearing is believing’? Why the word ‘hearsay’? In the world of experience, seeing is also a form of sensing, right? Eyes enable sight. And ears enable hearing. But, still we say I saw it with my own eyes attaching a supremacy to that sensorial process over the … Continue reading ‘Seeing is believing’ or ‘believing is seeing’?

It was the summer of 2011. I woke up seeing a missed call from Gopi. I was in San Jose planning to spend the rest of my week in the Bay Area. My phone, as usual, was on vibrate. I called back quickly. Gopi rarely calls. It is I who mostly call him. Son-dad type … Continue reading He had another week of wait at the ICU..

“Be tall chetta”, Jayesh commanded me with his subtle firmness. He could only afford that controlled indignation as I am “chettan” for him, an elder brother for "mallus", the people of Kerala, India’s God’s Own country. Jayesh and I were running. One of those Saturday morning runs at Delhi’s Rose Gardens a few winters ago. … Continue reading Being tall; being Alfred Pinto, for height is a state of mind..