Contrary to many others, I have not been an admirer of Shashi Tharoor’s tweets. Some of them are downright silly (“…cursed my ex-wife in Malayalam!”), and many are inappropriate for somebody who is part of the establishment. But I like his recent tweets on the new visa rule ... [More]

No US president or, for that matter, any other world leader in recent memory has carried more expectations than Barack Obama. So much so, it is quite scary, except perhaps to the decidedly cool and unflappable man himself. Can any one man really live up to such expectations from a wide range of peop... [More]