Panesar
A headline in my hometown newspaper brought me to tears this morning. B.P. Panesar had died. He was a renowned artist. Water color. Oil. Etchings. He was also made a…
The boat docked at Uros Island. Jose came to meet us with a smile on his face and a totora reed in his left hand. Totora are the living reeds…
I just read a CNN-IBN report on the Devyani Khobragade episode that made me squirm. "Devyani's arrest," the report said, "has rattled the Indian Diplomatic Corps. "It is forcing the…
The world turned dark today. Nelson Mandela flew away. To a better place than this world. My memories take me back to when I was a child in India, to…
This tragedy has been forgotten by most people. It shouldn't be. It was 29 years ago on this night that tank 610 exploded at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal.…
I'm at work today, on Thanksgiving, surrounded by news that projects mankind in the worst sort of way -- war, murder, rape. But I am also heartened by the best…
Tarun Tejpal. Tehelka. Maybe my friends here in America have never heard those names. But in India, they stand synonymous with investigative journalism. Tehelka has lived up to its name,…
In my 30 years as a journalist, I've written a lot about victims. Many sorts of victims. Of war. Murder. Illness. Natural disasters. And man-made ones. I always try to…
I have reported difficult stories before. It was never easy to tell tales of tragedy from places like Iraq. But a piece that published on CNN.com today is the hardest…
I just read an excerpt from Peter Baker's new book, "Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House. It's being touted as the most comprehensive account of the…