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 ...
Celebration
The wrong kind of free.
I examine how the killing of a tyrant by foreign powers risks being ...
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 ...
Culture
Ek hi Netaji!
I think we have finally discovered that history’s greatest mistake was happening before ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
Activism
Shaking my head. Again.
When belief devours judgement and citizens hollow themselves out, no bribe is needed ...
Business
Stars. Screens. And Suckers.
I write about astrology apps, the Forer effect, and how superstition has rebranded ...
Celebration
Not my circus?
I write about Zohran Mamdani’s win, reluctant pride, and why even cynics sometimes ...
Civilisation
The Nation of Angry Sons?
I write about how our politics of obedience begins at home, with fathers ...
Anger
Velankar, Abhimanyu, and Sisyphus.
I write about the moral fatigue of Indian heroes, from Velankar to Sisyphus, ...
Activism
Psst! Did you know that Gandhi…?
On Gandhi’s birth anniversary, I defend the strategist and organiser, not the caricature, ...
Activism
Part Three: Violence. And Us.
I reject mob uprisings and choose Gandhi’s Satyagraha: non-violence, institutions, and love as ...
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 ...
Advice
Bharat, That Is Us.
On Independence Day, I remind my fellow Indians as to who 'Bharat Mata' ...
