GOPISTORY

Gopinath Chandroth looks back at the India of his childhood and youth – and sees communal harmony. Kerala, my native state the azan from the…

The crows start at the break of dawn. Dogs are late risers and are used to the incessant cawing. They slumber on. People start waking…

The house of my childhood has been demolished. I hear that the staircase, complete, is for sale. It is solid teak, of excellent quality, impervious…

Rishikesh, a small town in the foothills of the Himalayas, was made famous by the Beatles in 1968. Some decades later, soon after the birth…