Celebration
Just the Bottle, Actually.
A minimalist request, an overqualified gifting team, and the inevitable collapse of restraint ...
Celebration
Life. And a bottle of Mahua.
A bottle of mahua becomes a meditation on friendship, chance encounters, generosity, and ...
Celebration
Not my circus?
I write about Zohran Mamdani’s win, reluctant pride, and why even cynics sometimes ...
Activism
Handshakes and operations.
I wonder why we borrow the Indian Army’s language but forget its code ...
Anger
Part Two: Violence. And Them.
I turn outward, examining Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Arab Spring, uneasy ...
Beauty
A meal fit for the Peshwa
I draw from my family history of using, well, history to praise food ...
Advice
Bharat, That Is Us.
On Independence Day, I remind my fellow Indians as to who 'Bharat Mata' ...
Business
The Dumbest Man In The Room.
I’m grateful for a friend who lives by hiring smarter people, paying them ...
Biking
This morning, my Guru wished me.
Guru Purnima means receiving 'Thank you' notes from those whose lives you touched. ...
Atheism
A hug and a prayer.
How does an atheist react when someone who loves them immensely prays for ...
Activism
Victory? For whom?
She wasn’t freed because of her rights, but because she apologised. Stop mistaking ...
Advice
The end of the world?
A letter to my family about asteroids, mortality, science, humanity, love, and why ...
Advice
On Books… and Pani Puris.
I was asked the clichéd question about my top three books on World ...
