Gandhi triggers the experimental in one. I cannot see him as a statue, a monument I salute. I see him as an eccentric neighbour who harasses me and history asking difficult questions.

Ananthamurthy believes Narendra Modi must be opposed because he is a very big bully and will break the spirit of India, creating a country of spineless, unfree cowards

In India, the attitude towards the mounting pyramid of awards has been of love-hate. Everyone wants to win one but pretends that they care a hoot for them. By contrast, the Oscars are the ultimate trophy for their power and influence.

Where do the Prime Ministers-in-waiting, king-makers and youth leaders stand on the notion of ‘honour’ that leads to murders of young boys and girls who wish to marry for love?

The Gujarat riots have been singled out by the secular brigade for obvious political reasons... But Gujarat has been the only state in India in which no communal riot has occurred after 2002.

Officials briefing media, at a US think-tank in New Delhi, explained that India-US relations appear stalled as high-speed cruising makes movement imperceptible. There are no new big takeaways as trophies.

Oxford and Cambridge admitted women undergraduates but did not give them degrees. A woman undergraduate only received a certificate that she fulfilled the requirements of a degree.