Jan 30, 2021What do you want?You ask, “From whom?” I reply, “Life.” And I rephrase the question: What do you want from your life? You ask, “Why should I want anything?” I say, “Because you are a person. And people usually like to want.” …Life4 min read
Published in Curious·Oct 2, 2020Japan’s Journey through World War II DefeatReview of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II, by John W. Dower — Embracing Defeat is the Pulitzer and National Book Award winning historical opus of immediate post World War II period in Japan by MIT professor John W. Dower. …Japan11 min read
Aug 16, 2020The Grandest Society of Merchants in the UniverseBook Review — The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple[1] — “A commercial company enslaved a nation comprising two hundred million people”, wrote Tolstoy in a letter to the Hindu in 1908.[2] …Mughal Empire8 min read
Jun 9, 2020Khushwant Singh: A Tribute to the King of the ColumnistsIt turns out that the dirty old sardar wasn’t so dirty. Neither was he “Not a nice man to know” as he made a claim to be. He was quite an astute observer of his times and lived a remarkable life. Khushwant Singh was one of the most prolific writers…Khushwant Singh5 min read
