IIPM - Think Tank

1 . The Island
  [05/09/2010]
“Thisss eeezz Poveglia…!” and he let the words hang in the salt-thick sea air. I stared silently at the island as it floated on the mist and myth that surrounded it. It was almost dusk and as the sun ...Read More

2 . Yet Another christmas carol
  [29/08/2010]
This tale is not mine to tell but one I stumbled upon … last day in Antwerp and while my friends emptied out souvenir and designer stores, I wandered about the city square till I saw two tall towers, ...Read More

3 . Betrayal at Chauri Chaura
One of my mentors, after reading the following story (which appeared in an earlier issue) had suggested that it would have been ideal for the Independence Day issue and so here it is, for him, and for those who missed out…  [22/08/2010]
The harm that good men do’, was an essay by Bertrand Russell that I never finished reading but was a heading I often thought about whenever I heard the name Gandhi being discussed… I had often witness...Read More

4 . MAACH ADO about nothing?
  [15/08/2010]
I hate interrupting the travel diaries but what to do…? I’m not a happy man these days. Dinners aren’t the usual peaceful affairs they used to be in the Banerji household. We eat quietly and quickly ...Read More

5 . Whose country is it anyway?
  [08/08/2010]
Belgium’s got to be one of the quirkiest countries around - so quirky, that by the look of things, it’s unlikely to remain a country for long. It reminds me of those couples that bring home a dog and ...Read More

6 . Back to Breendonk
  [01/08/2010]
The skies are always grey when I come here. Through the barbed wire, the world inside looked just the way I’d seen it a few years ago, serene and lonely, like a widow whose heart still hurts but whose...Read More