Each year around July, hundreds of wildebeests cross over into the open plains of Masai Mara in Kenya searching for fresh green grass, water, shelter to birth the young, and to bring them up in safety. The route from Tanzania’s Serengeti into Kenya’s Masai Mara is fraught with dangers. The…

Our modest home on the coast in South India had Moringa trees in the backyard, which offered iron-rich leaves and tender drumsticks. Neem trees spread over the narrow street outside, offering shade, and jasmine creepers and curry leaf plants adorned our front yard. My mother was their sole keeper. Occasionally…

Media reports on the ill effects of fizzy soft drinks on teeth, gut and goodness knows what else appeared regularly in the mid-eighties. My parents persistently reminded me about my cola intake of one a week and the ‘havoc’ it caused to my tender intestines and robust teeth! With no…

While America debated Biden’s choice for Vice-President and India went over the moon about Kamala Harris and her Indian roots, this is what happened in Australia. ‘The Australian,’ a popular daily newspaper, released a cartoon of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the day after Biden announced his VP pick, sending…

In her speech at the Republican National Convention 2020, Nikki Haley, the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations said, “It was an honour of a lifetime to serve as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Now, the UN is not for the faint of heart. It’s…