Readers’ Digest
Posted on Aug 25th, 2009 in Middles
An integral part of our growing up years, Readers’ Digest was a window to the wonders that lay beyond our immediate geographical constraints. The news of its US parent filing for Chapter 11 to reorganise the company brought along a flood of memories and this resulted in my writing a small piece that was published as middle on the editorial …
Studying Punjab
Posted on Aug 19th, 2009 in Recent Events
An annual, low-key engagement this time of the year in Chandigarh is meeting participants of the Summer Program in Punjab Studies run by the dedicated Prof Gurinder Singh Mann. For the 13th year, he has brought together a bright group of academics who have an interest in Punjab and its various aspects. Prof Mann was at Columbia University when I …