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A few days ago, Rajdeep Sardesai, generally a liberal, reasonable and likable voice in the Indian TV media, tweeted , Big day for my goa...

Watched Haider. Liked it a lot. But it certainly isn't Vishal Bhardwaj's best as some reviewers have suggested. It wasn't a mas...

It is that time of the year again for me as an assistant professor in an American business school. August-September, the start of the acade...

Fourteen years ago today, Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, arguably the most influential and beloved person from Maharashtra, died at the age ...

I don't really follow soccer*. So I don't know much about soccer. But I follow a lot of Indian soccer fans. I view them with mild a...

Thanks to the harsh winter we are having, I have been battling cold, cough, and fever for over a week now. Last night, during a particularl...

Seven years ago this day was my first Halloween in America. I was a fresh PhD student still struggling with how much tougher the coursework...

Something happened today that has left me conflicted. If you read this post months or years later, remember that "today" is three...

Last night was Oscar night. For a couple of weeks leading up to it, I was tweeting about how choosing Seth MacFarlane to host the Oscars wa...

I used to be an ardent Formula 1 fan. And an ardent Ferrari fan. Over the years, I lost interest in the sport. But occasionally I would sti...