Panikkar and the torpedo

It was the tail end of the First World War. The war had been raging for four long years and involved some 70 million military personnel, including close to 60 million Europeans and sending some 9 million people to their untimely deaths. Starting with the crises in Austria and Serbia, it pulled in t…

The Ghosts of Lakshmi Mansion

Pundit K Santhanam and Sadat Hasan Manto Some weekends ago, the eagerly awaited Baisaki at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheater was affected by the rains. Last year’s was too, for we were eagerly waiting for Kailash Kher to sing, but again bad weather cancelled the show. But the Baisakhi raised a couple o…