Death: I've had 13 years to think
I've been immersed in writing about death after spending a week in Varanasi at a home where ailing, elderly Hindus go to end their lives. They want to die there because…
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March 25, 2014
With Malice Toward One and All. A legendary writer is silenced
When I first started out in my career as a reporter, most of the journalists I admired were from America or Europe. There were very few English-language journalists in my…
March 20, 2014
The world's biggest election
Get this: Starting on April 7, nearly 815 million Indians will begin casting ballots in this year's parliamentary elections. Yes, 815 million! That's almost 100 million more than there were…
March 5, 2014
Farewell to a friend
My friend and colleague Lateef Mungin died Friday. He was only 41. I was asked to write a tribute for CNN.com. There are some assignments that I dread. But none…
March 3, 2014