After graduating from Elphinstone college, Bombay boy Athimuthu Ganesh Nadar decided to forsake city life and settle down in his father's native Panickernadarkudieruppu, a tiny tongue twisting village in southern Tamil Nadu. Here, the columnist -- he also contributes a column to The Sunday Observer -- spends his time catching up with the drama of rural life while casting his gaze on national affairs.

• We shouldn't be exporting food when our people are starving
• Having fun in Liberalisation Raj
• What sort of government levies tariffs on a life saving vaccine?
• If the Chinese can fund Clinton's campaign...
• 'How come Vajpayeeji has so few people he can trust?'
• Our political circus
• Déjà vu