I took some time to write about Kanu Sanyal, one of the fathers of what is arguably the only genuine revolutionary insurrection in post-independence India. I took some time to write about his death not only because it was a suicide but also because writing about the death of a revolutionary means bringing in his life as well… Kanu Sanyal was found hanging in his house, at the same place that saw the break of the Spring Thunder in 1967....

G had recommended the Nobel acceptance lecture by Harold Pinter. I got around to reading it after a while… And boy was it a read…there are some things you read once in a while that sends your blood coursing down your views and leaves you throbbing awake, with all all your senses pounding away…This article did the same for me, having read words of such power after a long time. The words turn from being dreamy and philosophical at...

We are seeing the end of LTTE, one of the most notorious and well known militant organization in the world. And it is something that needs to be welcomed. LTTE had become the very problem that they had started out to solve in 1983 – securing a peaceful future for the Tamil minority in Sri Lanka. Like most guerrilla movements with a cause, LTTE had started off fighting a real oppression and found wide ranging support among the Tamil...