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 ...
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 ...
Aviation
Who wants to be a politician?
When the news of Ajit Pawar's death came in, I realised my first ...
Activism
The devil and his due.
Finally, something the Modi sarkar did right. And what an amazing job it ...
Advice
Rules-based international order? Ha!
The rules-based international order died when Hind Rijab was killed. This moral panic ...
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 ...
Activism
The Right Wing’s Greatest Coup?
I examine why we demand retributive justice in our fantasies yet excuse political ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Activism
Laughing in Nirbhaya.
Why waiting for foreign scandals to topple authoritarianism is political fantasy, not resistance, ...
Bureaucracy
Deeply proud. And PAGAL.
A letter of admiration and pride to the PMO-posted IAS officer in charge ...
Activism
Part III – The Sacred Text and the Unready People
India’s democracy survives not by habit, but by faith in a Constitution its ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
Activism
A Rebuttal to Aarnab Mitra
I rebutt wilful misreadings and explore our fascination with cult leaders, and how ...
Activism
Shaking my head. Again.
When belief devours judgement and citizens hollow themselves out, no bribe is needed ...
Celebration
Not my circus?
I write about Zohran Mamdani’s win, reluctant pride, and why even cynics sometimes ...
