At the World Hindu Congress

The Cold War and Mitrokhin revelations

Names without surnames and Ashok Row, the original warrior for equality

A city of ‘Identity and Culture’

The liberal intelligentsia and Indira Gandhi’s infamous Emergency

The declining population of Humboldt penguins

The inimitable Vajpayee

Vajpayee's way with words and Pondicherry's literature festival

In memory of VS Naipaul and Tushna Dallas

Amit Shah's push for simultaneous polls and Madhu Trehan's interview of Karan Thapar