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Hailey Road Chronicles
Indian authors writing in English may be divided into two categories: Those who write for the world and those who write for India....

John Pucadyil
Aug 27, 20215 min read
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Kerala of my Dreams
Prof. Babu Joseph of the Rajaji Forum, a think tank, asked me to write on “Kerala of my dreams”. I accepted with enthusiasm, but on...

John Pucadyil
Jul 31, 20214 min read
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Ideas and Innovation
Ideas are the wheels that make the world move. Adam Smith’s ideas on the division of labour and free markets led to the industrial...

John Pucadyil
Jun 25, 20215 min read
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Remembering Mani Iyer
Mani Iyer walked into our life when we moved to Bopal, a suburb of Ahmedabad, where I had built my house. He was the CEO of a ...

John Pucadyil
May 28, 20214 min read
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Thoughts on Resource Management
The American philosopher and educationist Nicholas Butler has said: “An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until...

John Pucadyil
May 13, 20215 min read
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The Industrial Plasma
The Plasma Physics Programme had been set up at the Physical Research Laboratory in 1982 by the Department of Science and Technology, ...

John Pucadyil
Apr 17, 20215 min read
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Years at Aligarh
I spent close to eight years at Aligarh. First as a Ph.D. student and later as a lecturer in the Physics Department. When I came here...

John Pucadyil
Apr 17, 20215 min read
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The Doctoral Dreams
I was 23, and my job as a lecturer with the Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, was beginning to be a drag. I could see myself growing ...

John Pucadyil
Apr 2, 20214 min read
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Books and Magazines
As the eldest child, I had the run of the house. One great pleasure was rummaging through the collection of old books and magazines. Some...

John Pucadyil
Apr 1, 20214 min read
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