Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.

Computing should be taught as a rigorous - but fun - discipline covering topics like programming, database structures, and algorithms. That doesn't have to be boring.

With a fractured sense of self, we come to depend on what people feed back to us - often mediated through social networks - not what we are. We have complex identities but may become less able to act as a subject - confident in what we really are.

Spreading an idea is hard work.

Bangalore has become a centre for healthcare.

The most dynamic cities have always been immersed in the critical innovations of their time.

I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.