R. K. Narayan

The Man From Malgudi It took me some time to discover Rasipuram Krishna swami Narayan’s house. Yadavagiri, the suburb of Mysore City, where Narayan stays,…

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Letter From The Editor

NEWS does not have to scream from the headlines to be news. In fact, it is probably one of the failings of the media that…

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The Luxury Issue

From the Editor Looking down at my bowl of gazpacho at dinner one recent night. I realised that I do not own a single moustache…

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New Business Families

“If a thousand suns were to rise in the heavens at the same time, the blaze of their light would resemble a little the supreme…

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Mathematics Of Ragas

When Frenchman Bernard Bel and American Jim Arnold met by chance in a Delhi hotel in September 1979, it turned out to be a momentous…

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Until Death Do Us Part

I am your valuable,/The Pure gold baby,/That melts to a shriek,/I turn and burn,/Do not think I underestimate your/great concern./Ash, ash/You poke and stir,/Flesh, bone,…

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ON COARSE

As we prepare to vote, lots of loose talk lies ahead If you believe in the theory of evolution, as I do, then you will…

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Jaat Kahan Ho

Some day extraterrestrials will thrill to Raag Bhairavi in outer space   Imagine there’s no countries / It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill…

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