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The pickpocket. And my sanity.

6 March 2026

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An Open Letter to Shehzaad Poonawalla.

2 March 2026

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Billionaires-in-Waiting.

I dissect why middle-class professionals rush to defend billionaires they will statistically never ...

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Project Republic.

For this Republic Day, I am trying to listen and understand what makes ...

Civilisation

Dahine se…tez bhaag!

I argue that when fear overwhelms courage, moral collapse often disguises itself as ...

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The LIIT of Indianness

I argue that equating Hinduness with Indianness seduces us into purity politics that ...

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Kanha ki kripa!

I reflect on how a wandering flautist named Liyaqat restored my faith in ...

Atheism

The Wrong Question, Again!

Why debates about God’s existence are intellectually exhausted, and which questions about belief, ...

Activism

Laughing in Nirbhaya.

Why waiting for foreign scandals to topple authoritarianism is political fantasy, not resistance, ...

Activism

Part III – The Sacred Text and the Unready People

India’s democracy survives not by habit, but by faith in a Constitution its ...

About Me: Kedar

This is my space. To ramble, rant, or ruminate. You are welcome to join me. You can see more of me here. I am an IAF+Air India brat (my father and my kid brother, both have donned the wings of the Indian Air Force) growing up in cantonments across the nation, and attending 12 schools before graduating as an Electrical Engineer from Pune University in 1994.

I speak, read, and write English, Hindi, and Marathi (in that order of proficiency), and am very active on social media (mainly Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and lately, Threads and YouTube too), though I do not engage beyond first or at most second level comments. My philosophy for writing can be found here.

Professionally, I am consulting with young people heading their own startups. If you are a startup and need an impartial Entrepreneur-in-Residence to bounce your ideas off, get practical advice from, and basically have around for the 33 years of hard-earned experience in starting up, running, and even shutting down companies, then I am your man. To start a conversation, mail me here.

Personally, I am deeply and passionately engaged in educating (and learning with) my daughter (who was born on my 42nd birthday!) in a non-formal setting and chronicling her (and my) journey. Indeed, unlike most kids who want to become pilots and firemen, actors and doctors, and so on, during my childhood, when I was asked what I’d want to be when I grew up, I’d always answer, ‘Father.’ So, in a way, I am living my dream. I consider myself the luckiest man on Earth (until life is discovered on other planets).

In my spare time, I love to ride/drive, travel, try different foods, watch movies (I love murder mysteries, war movies, and heists), read (mostly non-fiction), debate, and sometimes play golf or squash, or if it’s low enough stakes, poker.

I am politically promiscuous, in the sense that I do not follow a specific political or social party or leader but, from instance-to-instance, choose the argument (and hence, the side making that argument) that best suits my ideological stance of secular humanism. You can find my posts about politics here.

I love dogs and horses (though it’s been a rather long time since I rode one) and am an avid biker with a Royal Enfield 650 Interceptor, who I call BattleCat III. Follow my travels and travails on the bike here.

About my opinions, they are how I like my morning tea: extra strong, piping hot, somewhat dark, grounded in earthy aromas and spices, something that instantly wakes you up, and served without standing on ceremony.

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Entrepreneur, business shrink, political strategist, diarist, risk-taker, dog-lover, rationalist, humanist, biker, son, father, in love, in no particular order.

Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

27 Apr

You are wrong @darab_farooqui

They didn't destroy minds. The destroyed minds put them in power. Modi isn't responsible for the hatred. He is a product of it.

Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui

India is reaching a point where if you try to talk sense, people will abuse you, threaten you and virtually lynch you in the streets.

And that is one of the greatest achievements of Modi and the RSS.

They didn't just destroy institutions. They destroyed minds.

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

27 Apr

I've said this again and again. When you are in power, whatever arbitrary laws you create to keep yourself in power will certainly be used against you when you lose power (and yes, one day you will). As for people like me, we will fight whoever abuses power, regardless of party.

Mohammed Zubair @zoo_bear

Telangana Police invokes UAPA to seek X account details of ‘TeluguScribe’, sparking concerns over using an anti-terror law to probe social media content.

The handle frequently posts content critical of the Congress govt in the state. @OishaniB_ https://www.altnews.in/telangana-police-goes-after-teluguscribe-invokes-uapa-to-seek-x-data/

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Kedar Anil Gadgil @kedaranilgadgil ·

10 Apr

Shabaash. Ab lage haath Nathuram to Bharat Ratna bhi de do.

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Kunal Kamra @kunalkamra88 ·

9 Apr

Respected sir maybe there was a communication issue but the way I remmeber the last 3 questions of my cross examination this evening -
Do you feel remorse - No
Are you sorry about what you said- No
If you tender an unconditional apology this matter will be looked at differently