AQI: 500 and counting!
Air pollution becomes the contentious topic in a residents' weekly discussion, revealing a mix of apathy, political manoeuvering, and genuine concern among the members
By K.C. Verma December 07, 2025
Columns
- Philip Mathew
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- K.C. Verma
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- Dr Preetha Reddy
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- Anuja Chauhan
- Navtej Sarna
- Bansuri Swaraj
- Shashi Tharoor
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- Shobhaa De
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- Barkha Dutt
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- Swara Bhasker
- Sachidananda Murthy
- Bibek Debroy
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- Bose Krishnamachari
- M.K Bhadrakumar
- Vinod Rai
- Ashwini Nachappa
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The Iran nuclear deal is dead. And it is a good thing, writes Jeff Jacoby
By Jeff Jacoby April 10, 2022 -
Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019
K.C. Verma
K.C. Verma is former chief of R&AW. He is a retired Indian Police Service officer, and the author of miscellaneous fiction, including ‘A Whiff of Whimsy’
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The bullshit detector
Bullshit detector technology goes hilariously awry as the author builds a device to expose falsehoods, only to find truth-telling machines might make life unlivable
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Sad tale of gifts, gifters and a giftee
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Grow old along with me
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The Diwali bonanza!
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Surviving the Income Tax portal: A guide to India's modern-day Bhool Bhulaiya
The IT website pushes you on paths that you do not want to take, and then leaves you totally confused and lost
By K.C. Verma September 14, 2025
My 15 minutes of fame
Flag hoisting, for one reluctant participant, turned into an unforgettable and humorous experience on Independence Day
By K.C. Verma August 31, 2025
Why I have temporarily withdrawn from many social media groups
There is so much conflicting advice on the Internet
By K.C. Verma August 17, 2025
I seem to be losing everything
The aliens have started targeting even my cufflinks
By K.C. Verma August 03, 2025
Old dog can learn new tricks
My loathing of dogs is a mature and rational response
By K.C. Verma July 20, 2025
Wheelchairs and miracles
An American friend invited me to New York to his son’s wedding at about the same time that Shashi Tharoor and others were gallivanting around in those parts
By K.C. Verma June 22, 2025
A precious problem that I faced
When we moved, our books overflowed from the shelves
By K.C. Verma June 08, 2025
Guess what is coming for dinner
Sadly, I am always denied my beauty sleep by the endless tossing and turning of the missus
By K.C. Verma May 25, 2025