The 150th anniversary of the 1857 rebellion has been passed over in such an unceremonious fashion.

The phenomenon of buildings collapsing is not new to Mumbai, but engineers being sent to prison for dereliction of duty in a building collapse case is.

The fact that Myanmar’s military junta has asked for help after Cyclone Nargis ripped through their country can be seen as a welcome sign of opening up to the world.

In all our undoubted joy over the enormous strides that India has made recently, there are some very large thorns which have yet to be addressed.