My latest "Marginalia" column explores counterfactual reasoning in history, economics, and public discourse.

http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vivek-dehejia-the-what-if-question-113112501079_1.html

And, here, I'm quoted by Maclean's (a national magazine in Canada), on smaller orchestras like the NAC performing large-scale symphonic works.

http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/10/more-cried-the-conductor-more/

Something old, rediscovered: my essay for the NAC on differing interpretations of the Mahler Fourth Symphony and the role of the conductor.

http://www.artsalive.ca/collections/nacmusicbox/en/#!/index.php?pageid=essays/mahlerfromenthusiastview

"Narendra Modi, historian" (Mint, November 13, 2013), my take on the controversy over Modi's "counterfactual history".

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/lhef7Y7yDxs6a6EMObXiuL/Narendra-Modi-historian.html

A video of the inaugural session of the India Non Fiction Festival in Mumbai this past summer, in which I join a distinguished panel to discuss the state of contemporary India. [video]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QENJJtA_dH0