Activism
Sorry, Karnataka.
I realise, with growing discomfort, that Maharashtra and Bengal, both exported India’s conscience ...
Activism
The Revolution Will Not Be Memeified.
A meme page is not a movement; India still changes power through booths, ...
Activism
EncRoaching on the liberal vote bank?
A meme page did not create India’s anger; it merely laughed loudly enough ...
Commentary
Roman Holiday?
A republic begins to decay when rulers demand sacrifice from citizens whilst performing ...
Activism
My Lords. And Masters?
In a republic, judges are supposed to command respect through reasoning, not demand ...
Activism
Mugger, murderer, medicine, mausoleum…
I argue that even in a corrupt republic, a life-saving vaccine is not ...
Activism
The Idea of a Republic.
I reflect on how a republic survives not through identity or doctrine, but ...
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 ...
Advice
A matter of honour.
I publicly challenge a highly decorated and patriotic soldier to clarify a claim ...
Books
Free hand or cowardice?
I examine how the same sentence from a politician can signal courage or ...
Activism
A letter to Mr Hardeep Puri.
I write a letter about the arrogance of claiming to speak for an ...
Activism
The devil and his due.
Finally, something the Modi sarkar did right. And what an amazing job it ...
Activism
Beware false victory.
I fear Modi’s fall if it comes by foreign hands, because that would ...
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 ...
