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Protected: Reading for What Lies Ahead in 2026
Category: The Whistle Library
Sita Valles, Somebody’s Idea of a Revolutionary
When I was working in the advertising industry in Delhi more than 20 years ago, I used to frequent book shops – of which Delhi has many good ones – and buy and read books voraciously. However, I always had a pile of unread ones waiting to be read since there was my work in… Continue reading Sita Valles, Somebody’s Idea of a Revolutionary
Protected: Hello-2026-Reading
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Why COP30 Copped Out on Fossil Fuels
Through all the confusion and chaos wreaked on the global economy with US tariffs and the wars still raging, one subject that missed global attention in 2025 is climate change. The fact that the COP30 Summit was held in November 2025 should have helped matters and concentrated minds, but apparently it was a disappointing conference.… Continue reading Why COP30 Copped Out on Fossil Fuels
When Writing Runs in The Naipaul Family
I just finished reading the second of VS Naipaul’s books that my aged father presented me for my birthday this year along with Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands. I have already written about The Enigma of Arrival and Shattered Lands on my blog, and if I thought that Letters Between a Father and Son would be… Continue reading When Writing Runs in The Naipaul Family
How the Advertising Industry Can Reinvent Itself
I have been writing on the travails of the advertising industry on my blog for the past couple of years at least. These are based on my observations from the outside, since my career in advertising in India was wrecked over two decades ago by unprofessional organisations. These problems have now reached an existential crisis… Continue reading How the Advertising Industry Can Reinvent Itself
Protected: Season’s Reading 2025!
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Shattered Lands Surprises, Though Not Pleasantly
While reading Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and The Making of Modern Asia which my aged father gave me for my birthday this year, I was thinking that this is a book for international readers since the history of India’s partitions has been told many times. But through the first chapter itself, I was surprised to… Continue reading Shattered Lands Surprises, Though Not Pleasantly
Time Indian Cities Promoted Metro Rail Travel
It’s almost 20 years since I left New Delhi for my aged parents’ home in Chicalim, Vasco, Goa in October 2008. When I watch scenes of the smog-filled air in Delhi-NCR play out on English news channels at this time of the year, year after year, I count myself lucky to not be living or… Continue reading Time Indian Cities Promoted Metro Rail Travel
Protected: Counting Down to Year-End
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Peripatetic Perch 