Archive - Ajay Kamalakaran’s Newsletter

Notes from Beijing- A Bigger Asian Family

Meetings with top officials in the Chinese capital provided me with much-needed insight into how the establishment views the future of the Sino-Indian…

Dec 16, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Notes from Beijing- Five Year Plans and Common Prosperity

Confidence and pragmatism are the values that seem to be central to the way the Chinese leadership approaches situations.

Dec 14, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Notes from Beijing- 2050 calling

When it comes to automation and robotics, China's speed can only compared with the country's bullet trains

Dec 11, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

May 2025

Saligao Summer: A Walk on Bambolim Beach

I finally managed to get some sea and sand after two weeks in Goa. The conversation that accompanied my walk, however, made me think about the future of…

May 4, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: On Fitting in and Acceptance

My long conversations with residents of this idyllic state have been an eye-opener.

May 1, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

April 2025

Saligao Summer: A walk with Bhai Damodar Mauzo

The acclaimed writer took us on a curated walk through his village and shared his childhood and adult memories with us.

Apr 29, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: Saturday with a Jazz Legend

Panjim residents marked International Jazz Day a few days early with a Braz Gonsalves. I was happy to be in the audience with a large number of…

Apr 28, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: A trip south to Panjim and Margao

In some ways Goa feels like Italy, a place where every small town and city has its own unique culture and beauty.

Apr 26, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: Music for the Heart and Soul

A private invitee-only concert was just the balm that I needed on a day when tempers were higher than the temperature

Apr 24, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: Life in a small Goan town

There is a definite sense of community in this charming collection of overgrown villages.

Apr 23, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

Saligao Summer: A Goan Easter

This is the first in a series of posts about my summer sojourn in this tranquil town in north Goa

Apr 22, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

March 2025

Moscow Diaries: Until Next Time

It's never a happy feeling to leave my favourite city on the planet, but I am quite sure the gap between this and next trip will not be too long.

Mar 15, 2025 • Ajay Kamalakaran

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