Celebration
The wrong kind of free.
I examine how the killing of a tyrant by foreign powers risks being ...
Commentary
The Chinese curse.
I explore the concept of big power coercion in global politics and how ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Civilisation
The Orchestra: Success Beyond Noise.
I explore how the Indian diaspora, after noise and pride, may finally grow ...
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 ...
Activism
The Passive Voice of a Failing Democracy.
A reflective essay on how India’s democracy is unravelling. Quietly, passively, and with ...
Business
The Hollow Arsenal: India’s Recruitment Crisis and Strategic Unpreparedness.
In the second article of the series, I examine why India’s youth aren’t ...
Advice
The end of the world?
A letter to my family about asteroids, mortality, science, humanity, love, and why ...
Advice
A letter to America.
I write a heartfelt letter to America on tariffs, factories, immigration, ambition, and ...
Commentary
Incredible India. Surreal India.
With the world order in flux, India finds itself in a unique position ...
Activism
Napoleon’s Razor.
I explore the concept of strategy in the face of entrenched power struggles ...
Activism
The Cassandra Curse.
As I read about Punjab's descent into drug-fuelled madness, I wonder if my ...
Civilisation
Can we be unreasonable men?
I write about a fantasy reunification idea, less Akhand Bharat, and more EU. ...
Commentary
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum — Drama, Denial, Damnation.
Donald Trump has started a trade war by announcing penal tariffs on his ...
Anger
The Gatekeepers of the Future.
The entire pearl-clutching about the impending demise of Studio Ghibli is, in my ...
Activism
In an India Far, Far Saner.
There was a time when comics, jesters, and comedians were not only respected; ...
