Privilege
The cost of purity.
I challenge the obsession with moral purity and defend imperfect gestures of care ...
Democracy
Onions. And the Indian Express.
I marvel at Indian Express’s bravery, leaping to fact-check Rahul overnight while gently ...
Dissent/Protest
Patriotism is not silence.
In a democracy, silence is not strength. It is erasure. True patriotism demands ...
Advice
TAMasha: The Great Indian Market Myth.
An unsentimental look at India’s startup dream, middle-class myth, and the real businesses ...
Justice
Victory? For whom?
She wasn’t freed because of her rights, but because she apologised. Stop mistaking ...
Human(s)
The end of the world?
A letter to my family about asteroids, mortality, science, humanity, love, and why ...
Advice
Ozymandias!
When giants clash, the wise don’t interfere. They spectate. Let tyrants bleed; justice ...
Letter
Spinning yarns in the age of AI.
A historical letter satirising AI scepticism through the metaphor of spinning looms, exposing ...
Morality
The Integrity Discount: Pricing in the Rot.
My takedown (again) of Indian VC culture, where governance masks greed, ethics are ...
Warning
Irony Men of India.
A stark reflection on mobs, silence, and the illusion of safety in a ...
War/Conflict
End of an era.
India loses diplomatic agency as the POTUS announces a fragile ceasefire between India ...
Rant
The Weapon We Gave Away.
I reflect on how India dismantled its free press, the sharpest weapon democracy ...
Military
Op Sindoor.
When politics, diplomacy, and the military align, briefly and brilliantly, we must rise ...
Life
Wealth. Arrogance. And the mirror I didn’t expect.
A recent encounter with a powerful man reminded me of my own past ...
Leadership
Mahatma Modi?
Narendra Modi is the only politician after the Mahatma to truly grasp the ...
Right Wing
Devotion to delusion.
My breakdown of blind political devotion: from idolising leaders to resigned acceptance, exposing ...
Wonder/Awe
On Books… and Pani Puris.
I was asked the clichéd question about my top three books on World ...
