L K Sharma has followed no profession other than journalism for more than four decades, covering criminals and prime ministers. Was the European Correspondent of The Times of India based in London for a decade. Reported for five years from Washington as the Foreign Editor of the Deccan Herald. Edited three volumes on innovations in India. He has completed a work of creative nonfiction on V. S. Naipaul His two e-books The Twain and A Parliamentary Affair form part of The Englandia Quartet.
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Published in: openIndiaStatues are not safe in IndiaOne cynic says that after every election, the new Government can spend its first year in uninstalling the statutes erected by the previous regime.
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Published in: openIndiaWhen faith fills ballot boxesIronically, the message of scientific temper, modernity, secularism resonated more in India when the rate of literacy was low. Distinctions between science and mythology and mythology and history keep eroding.
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Published in: openIndiaOf sacred cows and profane menThe cow has highlighted religious, regional, social and cultural differences. Some humans have been killed in the name of the cow.
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Published in: openIndiaReimagining India in BritainThe Great India Show covers even science in India. It has been blessed by the two governments. Britain is out on a mission to rediscover India.
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Published in: openIndiaConversion of a Hindu priest in IndiaIf religious passions are inflamed, it is election time. This is what every regular visitor to India has come to know.
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Published in: openIndiaModi marches on amid hope and fearModi can get away with anything now. His public adores muscular Hinduism, majoritarianism, politicised nationalism and a neo-liberal development model which gives subsidized big corporates big incentives.