My essay on novelist Dashiell Hammett in today's Sunday Guardian (Delhi & London).

http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/the-unchallenged-doyen-of-noir-a-detective-fiction

My take on the Schadenfreude in the Indian reaction to the London Riots.

http://www.theindiasite.com/when-a-city-goes-up-in-flames/

My latest, "Is India heading into a middle income trap?", for FT's Economists' Forum

http://blogs.ft.com/economistsforum/2011/08/is-india-heading-into-a-middle-income-trap/#axzz1TxyaqFLL

My IHT piece on "the robber barons" is quoted in Bloomberg Views.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-03/india-s-frustration-with-corruption-boils-over-world-view.html