There are a few rules to surviving a performance appraisal in every corporate. Nod wisely, smile well, and never disagree with the reviewers. The Soviet Union and performance review meetings are two places that have no place for dissent.

The lift is a microcosm, however imperfect, of everything Indian. What’s more, it’s free, and you don’t have to submit to a hairy messenger of God for your enlightenment.

I was surprised by the pervasiveness of the #MeToo confessionals and the women who spoke about sexual assault. And then I began to hear the experiences of my male friends who had been similarly violated.

India should refrain from pushing the panic button over Donald Trump. Our ties with the US are dependent on how well our leadership navigates the choppy waters of diplomacy.

A long way backward the world has come. What else explains the popularity of Duterte and the Donald, and an evident shift to a perverted form of leadership?

The recent fires in Mumbai and Bangalore are evidence of what a reckless country we are. We will spend a small fortune on a refrigerator, but never think of installing a fire extinguisher or following safety norms.

Israel's Shimon Peres represented a combination of the Machiavellian ideology and Gandhian philosophy that India sorely needs in the aftermath of surgical strikes across the LoC.

Delhi ministers have discounted the possibility of chikungunya-carrying mosquitoes causing deaths. A degree certifying that they don’t cause ailments has been verified by Kejriwal.

In college, I barely travelled for lack of money. Now the fear of terror, leaders calling for walls, and referendums calling for walkouts, have taken over.

Dr Manmohan Singh changed the course of Indian economic history in exactly the same way he spoke – quietly.

For the love of John Oliver, Bremain.