Forty-Two

Kedar Gadgil’s commentaries, opinions, and perspectives on life, the universe, and everything.

The good old times of 20 years from now are happening to you right now. Enjoy them.
~Capt Anil Gadgil (1947-2019)

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Art

Whose song is it, anyway?

I examine how outrage mistakes the visible performer for the true author, and how the rest of ...

Activism

We Idiots?

I explain how surrender to power is routinely repackaged as courage in our public memory, ...

Kedar Anil Gadgil

Activism

Mugger, murderer, medicine, mausoleum…

Activism

The Idea of a Republic.

Commentary

Ageing

The Only Possible World.

Anger

The pickpocket. And my sanity.

Advice

For Sale!

An Open Letter to Shehzaad Poonawalla.

Can They Really Do That?

The wrong kind of free.

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Ageing

The Only Possible World.

I follow a murderous thought experiment until it collapses into a meditation on causation, inevitability, and the only possible self.

Kedar Anil Gadgil

Anger

The pickpocket. And my sanity.

I examine the moment when the pickpocket is predictable, the police are fallible, ...

Advice

Teaching Thought Itself.

I argue that our schools teach content but fail to teach children how ...

Advice

For Sale!

In which I mock the fantasy that making American wars more expensive somehow ...

Advice

An Open Letter to Shehzaad Poonawalla.

I write an honest open letter to a BJP spokesperson who markets belonging ...