Art
We Shall Overcome.
Kymaia learns, and rather likes, the protest song, We Shall Overcome. Maybe it ...
Civilisation
Jugaad and us.
The 'fix it with duct tape and make it somehow work' mentality (also ...
Atheism
Religion in the classroom.
Celebrating one's faith in a country where one is a minority while denying ...
Business
Celebrities on SM: How big a pinch of salt is enough?
How honest do you think the posts celebrities make on social media are ...
Civilisation
How kooky is kooky, really?
How is a decision-maker of a private entity believing that she needs to ...
Civilisation
Before and after. The Indian story.
A second-order effect of cheap bandwidth and ease of publishing, sharing, and consuming ...
Advice
The ‘Make (Pakistan) in India’ gang.
Neither a hijabi woman is automatically my hero nor a uniformed soldier. My ...
Culture
Looking for tutors. Again.
We are looking for someone to come and play with Kymaia in Hindi ...
Civilisation
Oppression is my enemy.
We must take Periyar's excellent (and practical) advice for calibrating our moral compass ...
Civilisation
Intersectionality in Udupi.
There is intersectionality in the hijab-in-school issue with male Hindu students sloganeering and ...
Civilisation
Why Udupi?
Does anyone know why Udupi and Mangalore are such hotbeds of Hindutva? Or ...
Art
The Indian love for spectacle.
Why is everything a 'festival' in India? One may mourn a loss without ...
Civilisation
The constant struggle to gain a place at the political table of power. And other curious observations.
There are no right/wrong sides of the hijab conflict from a purely political/historical ...
Advice
Clothes maketh a (wo)man?
How much do clothes matter in human-to-human interaction? A lot, I'd say. Here's ...
Civilisation
A morning thought about religious texts.
Why do religious texts go into such depth & detail about how to ...
Advice
The ‘cultural’ parade.
The Bollywoodisation of Indian culture is cringeworthy. Even if it may be good ...
Commentary
Are we really that stupid?
The Indian right wing seems to be so bankrupt and devoid of heroes ...
Consent
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui – (Spoiler-free) Movie Review.
I review 'Chandigarh Kare Aashqui', a sensitive movie starring one of the most ...
Bureaucracy
Evidence-based medicine and Indian doctors.
Why do we not have meta-data that every doctor can share with other ...
