'Bhindranwale Distorted Guru Nanak's Teachings And The Congress Encouraged Him'

Bhindranwale, who campaigned for the Congress in the 1980 general elections, was one of the many weaknesses...

Mark Tully

Kumbh Mela Diary

I’ve described kumbh melas as spiritual trade fairs; when we arrived this time we found the fair in full...

The Leak Sprung In The Engine Room

A nuanced probe under new India’s upper stories unearths the usual deprivation and a foundation crumbling...

Pow! Thud! Diss!

You heard it on this channel first. On every channel actually.

Into The Temple, With Boots On

Operation Bluestar was a bloody, avoidable desecration

Rooting For Home

In humans, as in plants, roots grow deeper if left to grow in one place, untransplanted

One Man Is A University

As this book shows, a heroic life is not without occasional flaws and intense loneliness

'India In The Subconscious'

Mark Tully turned 13 in 1948

Of An Inexact Science, Or How We Learn To Debate

Firm editorial control is a cure for the dangers of live TV, the inanities of anchors and politicians

Ah, It All Comes Out Right In The End

The 'chalne do' precept has a lot going for it. Or does it? A Pune trip offers few conclusions.

No Stones In Bangladesh

The Market Is A Donkey

The uncertainty of certainty is India's hallmark. It should apply to growth too.

Who's Your Begum?

Peace By Peace

Let's hope that Gandhi Smriti will attract the visitors it now deserves and they will be prompted to think...

Telly All Tale

The stories that Ghose tells would be amusing were they not so tragic.

Then And Mhow

I know the Raj in its last days could often be snobbish, racist, boring, and self-satisfied but was it always...

Manilal s/o Mohandas

No judging of Gandhi here, just a balanced perspective on a father-son relationship

A Pure, Godly White Heat

In the light of true events, and some partly-fictionalised letters, a truth about the Mahatma

What If There Was No Operation Bluestar?

Would Indira Gandhi not have been assassinated? Obviously there would have been no pogrom in 1984, but would...