Dear Prime Minister,
Mr Manohar Parrikar's return to Goa has seen Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assume additional charge of the Defence Ministry. While Mr Jaitley is undoubtedly capable of running several Union Cabinet ministries, it is perhaps unfair to ask...
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On April 11, 2018, I visited the Fukushima Dai-ichi site, thanks to Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This Commentary is a collection of my impressions.
The visit
I was in Japan the week of 9...
Editor: Read Chapter XLVII here.
Rajesh’s wedding took place in Kochi inside a wedding hall which comfortably seated over a thousand people. It was sweltering hot outside, as might be expected in Kerala in mid-April, but those attending the wedding...
Editor: Read Chapter XXX here.
All was quiet at the Ghosh's Chystye Prudy apartment until the phone rang. Indradeep’s wife answered.
‘My name is Dmitri Linikov. May I speak to your husband Commodore Indradeep Ghosh please?’
‘How did he know it’s me?’...
Editor: Read Chapter XXXVI here.
When Rajesh reached Avinash’s chawl in Goregaon, he was met by a Deputy Central Intelligence Officer from the Intelligence Bureau, who had three sub-ordinate officers with him. Rajesh was accompanied by an Inspector and two...
Editor: Read Chapter XXXV here.
Teji leaned back on the comfortably padded seat as she enjoyed the train ride, her second on a Mumbai local. Whoever said Mumbai trains are always crowded and uncomfortable had obviously got something wrong, Teji...
Editor: Read Chapter XXVIII here.
‘Back to square one, are we?’ the Police Commissioner asked the grim-faced men in the war room. The only response he received was stony-faced silence.
‘Someone please explain to me why we agreed that every attacker...
Editor: Read Chapter XXXIII here.
Ravi was irked by the Maoists’ suggestion that they observe the building for an hour before moving in. However, he had no choice but to obey them. Teji and Holambe had made it clear that...
Editor: Read Chapter XXIX here.
Inside the chawl, everything looked exactly as it always did when Ravi walked in that night.
‘Ravi is back!’ the cry went out as someone noticed him, though it was after dark and most of the...
