Bias
Oh what a tangled web!
I examine how conflating Israel with Jewish identity risks turning legitimate political criticism ...
Activism
To everything, turn, turn, turn…
I cross the ideological floor in my mind to test whether I truly ...
Activism
Mugger, murderer, medicine, mausoleum…
I argue that even in a corrupt republic, a life-saving vaccine is not ...
Advice
An Open Letter to Shehzaad Poonawalla.
I write an honest open letter to a BJP spokesperson who markets belonging ...
Bias
Can They Really Do That?
I trace how the question “Can they really do that?” stopped being disbelief ...
Activism
The Last Brahmin Standing.
I mock my own tribe by pretending to crown myself the last pure ...
Activism
To My Fellow Brahmins.
I, a Puneri Brahmin, write to my own, about caste, history, comfort, and ...
Activism
The Dermatographia Test.
Caste isn’t a relic; it erupts instantly. Just open any caste post, read ...
Activism
The Savarna Delusion.
I write about how savarna reactions to satire expose a deeper delusion about ...
Activism
The End of Reservations?
I write about how a Dalit with an iPhone exposed the savarna fantasy ...
Activism
A Rebuttal to Aarnab Mitra
I rebutt wilful misreadings and explore our fascination with cult leaders, and how ...
Bias
What do I know anyway?
I write about privilege, uncertainty, and why knowing less than we think may ...
Bias
Hindsight and Nehru.
Born 1972, I still knew freedom fighters. Nehru, born 1886 and scarred by ...
Art
Whose Story?
A Muslim child’s question during a Marathi lesson made me confront whose metaphors ...
Abhijit Gadgil
A Matter of Honour (and a Few Corrections).
In which I correct key errors in Akash Banerjee’s MiG-21 video that featured ...
Activism
Unsettled? Sure. But by what?
American Jews feel “unsettled,” but not by genocide in Gaza. Their silence enables ...
Activism
The cost of purity.
I challenge the obsession with moral purity and defend imperfect gestures of care ...
Activism
Onions. And the Indian Express.
I marvel at Indian Express’s bravery, leaping to fact-check Rahul overnight while gently ...
Advice
The Integrity Discount: Pricing in the Rot.
My takedown (again) of Indian VC culture, where governance masks greed, ethics are ...
Activism
Devotion to delusion.
My breakdown of blind political devotion: from idolising leaders to resigned acceptance, exposing ...
