Shashi Warrier

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Shashi Warrier | Is it always so wrong to sit on the fence?

Friendship tested, opinions clashed: A tense encounter between two guests sparks a heated debate on religion, politics, and global conflicts

04 Feb 2024 12:20 AM

Book Review | Heady Mughal thriller combines intrigue and art

There’s a good story here. With a little more research, much more depth, and mature telling, it could have been a masterpiece

17 Dec 2023 1:59 AM

Fudge and Squark. (Image by Shashi Warrier)

Shashi Warrier | Squark, the dog on the doorstep

Warrier's Decision to Adopt Stray Pup Challenges Initial Agreements

11 Nov 2023 11:49 PM

Shashi Warrier | Whose club best between barber and Zuckerberg?

The conversation went all over the place after that, but it still held my interest.

13 Aug 2023 12:30 AM

Making India Great Again: Learning from Our History By Meeta and Rajivlochan. (Amazon)

Did careless governance plus bad work ethic cause India’s economic descent?

The opening pages of the book argue that India was always rich. Certainly it was

09 Jan 2022 1:34 AM

Shashi Warrier | Stolen naps and other secrets from the library

The library was a large quiet hall full of bookshelves with the librarian in a cubicle near the door and a couple of clerks working

05 Dec 2021 1:46 AM

Shashi Warrier | The business of our discontent

Murthy has some form of ESP because he knows exactly when I replenish my stocks of scotch

17 Oct 2021 1:50 AM

Shashi Warrier | The pitfalls of raising mom’s special child

So while I sympathised with the professor, I couldn’t help thinking that maybe aggressive moms aren’t a bad thing, after all

12 Sep 2021 3:13 AM

Yes, I thought, smiling back. They do no harm, and often expose themselves. Representative Image.

Shashi Warrier | The bureaucrat’s other deceptions...

There was something about him that commanded my respect, so I did as he said

08 Aug 2021 1:23 AM

Shashi Warrier | Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the most civilized of ’em all?

A neighbour, an amateur historian, happens to believe that all good things come from India

07 Mar 2021 4:24 AM

Shashi Warrier | Gangsters, gurus and other political spirits

There are four steps with which you deal with opposition: saama, daana, bheda, and danda

03 Jan 2021 4:24 AM

Week after week of staying put, with large and regular meals and plenty of snacks in between, turned my waistline into a sort of coastline. Representational Image

Shashi Warrier | JFK, yoga, and intermittent fasting

The shop that supplies most of its contents, incidentally, is the JFP, or Junk Food Paradise

13 Sep 2020 5:52 PM

Shashi Warrier | Principle of politics: Know your enemy

The ideology fellows say that society or countries or whatever must follow such-and-such rules to achieve happiness in this life

14 Jun 2020 6:08 PM

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