Activism
A letter to Mr Hardeep Puri.
I write a letter about the arrogance of claiming to speak for an ...
Anger
Muddying the waters.
I believe the Epstein spectacle is designed to make everyone seem guilty so ...
Aviation
Who wants to be a politician?
When the news of Ajit Pawar's death came in, I realised my first ...
Activism
The devil and his due.
Finally, something the Modi sarkar did right. And what an amazing job it ...
Adventure
Project Republic.
For this Republic Day, I am trying to listen and understand what makes ...
Advice
Rules-based international order? Ha!
The rules-based international order died when Hind Rijab was killed. This moral panic ...
Commentary
The Chinese curse.
I explore the concept of big power coercion in global politics and how ...
Activism
Beware false victory.
I fear Modi’s fall if it comes by foreign hands, because that would ...
Activism
“Siachen pe hamare jawan…”
I am disturbed by how we now reject real soldiers’ stories while embracing ...
Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Civilisation
The Punjabi and the Englishman
I think I am watching the BJP slowly discover that ruling India means ...
Civilisation
Dahine se…tez bhaag!
I argue that when fear overwhelms courage, moral collapse often disguises itself as ...
Caste
The LIIT of Indianness
I argue that equating Hinduness with Indianness seduces us into purity politics that ...
Activism
The Right Wing’s Greatest Coup?
I examine why we demand retributive justice in our fantasies yet excuse political ...
Commentary
Utha Le Re Baba!
I confess that Maharashtra politics now feels like a shared hallucination I can ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Atheism
The Wrong Question, Again!
Why debates about God’s existence are intellectually exhausted, and which questions about belief, ...
Civilisation
Lessons in History
I am arguing that history punishes societies that mistake restraint for wisdom and ...
