Woman Who Debated With Buddha

Neelakesi proved that anybody can be a rishi, irrespective of birth A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a fascinating character, who serves as the focal point for a now lo...

Why Robots Need To Feel Pain

Pain is a fundamental fact of life for many organisms on our planet; a crucial mechanism for identifying what kinds of actions pose serious threats to our physical and ment...

Eliminating Money, Taxes, And Ownership Will Bring Forth Technoutopia

Futurist and architect Jacque Fresco speaks in parables. If he goes on too long with a story, his 40-year partner Roxanne Meadows interjects facts to keep hi...

Reflections Of A Storyteller

Geeta Ramananujam, the founder of Kathalaya, never tires of telling stories. She looks back on her journey and talks about striking an emotional connect with the audience G...

Theatre As Teacher

There was a time when we used to watch stage adaptations of Charles Dickens’ novels full of vitality, powerful characterisations with universal appeal. Thanks to Khil...

Kaleidoscope - Honesty Or Racism?

It’s a hot topic right now—millions of refugees from Islamic countries flocking to Europe and tilting the population balance. Already, prophets of doom are pred...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

The Subdued Whispers Of Posterity In Fallout

The world stood still as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb quoted from a passage of the Bhagvad Geeta where Krishna reveals himself to Arjuna “I ha...

Venice Film Festival Offers a Chance to Watch Suffering, Then to Quaff Champagne

“The things of this world reveal their essential absurdity when they are put in the Venetian context.” So wrote Mary McCarthy in her charming, philosophical tra...