The standoff between Iran and US is becoming uglier by the day with Trump sending additional troops to the Middle East, Iran downing a US Global Hawk and Trump ordering a read more…
Warfare in Outer Space
As Chandrayaan II takes off on its mission to the moon, India becomes only the fourth power to have launched a moon mission. Coming on the heels of the Anti-Satellite read more…
PULWAMA, BALAKOT AND BEYOND—–
On 14 February, a Kashmiri youth, who had been indoctrinated and trained in Pakistan by the Jaish-e-Mohammed, rammed his explosive loaded SUV into a CRPF vehicle, killing himself and 40 read more…
Book Reading at Delhi Gymkhana Club
Book reading of my book ‘Through Orphaned Eyes’ in June 2017 and ‘The Battles that Shaped Indian History’ in Feb 18. One of the most perceptive audiences ever. read more…
THE NILGAI
As my jeep crested the dune on the desert track, I saw the nilgai for the first time. There were thirteen of them, led by a magnificent blue buck. Some read more…
THE FAWN ON THE GREENS
As I lined up at the second hole, the fawn strolled nonchalantly across the fairway and ambled leisurely across the greens. Here in the forests and groves around which the read more…
UNNAMED
One day of bliss, And the cycle turns, To an era of restlessness, Not in sorrow But in the knowledge of that ecstasy That one has glimpsed, tasted, and is read more…
Unnamed 1
I think of the spring When the overhang lay straining with fruit And the smell of first rain placid in the air ‘It makes me feel I’m being born” she read more…
MESSAGE ON THE WIRE
Close midnight, Power-failure; candle light One photograph, one cigarette, And miles of meaning, For solace, comfort and a kind of morning. Early morning; New life, new birds, New telephone read more…