Vikram Hazra

I have been getting a lot of requests to comment on the political scenario in India, but let me tell you from first-hand experience that most of the talk being thrown around these days has left me cold. For instance, the Congress govt is of course corrupt and incompetent, but are the BJP, SP or […]

It was with rather a jolt that I realised that for someone whose job is to make people relax, I have never really had a complete holiday for over twenty years! My justification for this has always been that my work is so deeply satisfying that I’m always on holiday, doing what I love. Meditating […]

My dear friends Vibha and Rajat Kejriwal have been creating some extremely beautiful silk embroidery for one of the foremost fashion designers in the world, Dries van Noten, for the past few years. So it was with great joy that they organised Dries’ first ever visit to Kolkata on Monday, and I happened to be […]

What does one TRILLION dollars look like? All this talk about “stimulus packages” and “bailouts”… A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… Eight hundred billion dollars… One TRILLION dollars… What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so my friend Mr Chay Kok Keon from […]

My best friend, Sajid Insaf, lives in Kent with his wife Farida and son Aarish. After serving an illustrious short service commission in the Indian Army, he has set up an IT business in the UK. Sajid is one of the most upright, steadfast, sincere, compassionate and fun-loving human beings on this planet, and though […]