History
A warning from Pakistan.
If we teach our children the wrong history or bad science, it will ...
Social Media
Reading a newspaper, my online life, and gratitude.
The Internet and social media have become such an integral part of my ...
Advice
The oppressed and their leadership.
Standing with and empathising with the oppressed does not automatically translate into liking, ...
Gifts/Presents
Matching-matching.
Kymaia's grandmother decides to reward her first podium finish with a fitness wearable. ...
Insight
Why I think we are all in a Rajini movie.
I think the way the right wing approaches debates is more like a ...
Society
Myths & reality.
All of us build mythologies around ourselves on which we base our daily ...
Hero(es)
Honour & purpose.
What makes the ultimate sacrifice worth it? Honour. And purpose. For a soldier, ...
Insight
The appeal of Moditva.
I wager that the worse Modi's record becomes, the more the pain he ...
Patriotism
A life worth dying for.
Are you proud of your soldiers? Are you awed by the sacrifices they ...
Zeitgeist
On getting left behind.
I was part of a heated discussion with my cousin about morality and ...
Human(s)
Muna Zayed v/s Tejaswi Surya.
The contrast between an uneducated war-displaced child and a sitting MP in India ...
Society
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, my foot.
We look at high-achieving Indians abroad and expect them to remain loyal to ...
Advice
Growing up.
Growing up means being hurt, being disappointed, being disillusioned. Without these, there is ...
Abhijit Gadgil
Those Magnificent Men.
They don't make 'em like that any more. A story of a father ...
Leadership
Gandhi & Shastri: India’s favourite sons.
Whether or not Gandhi is relevant today is immaterial. His ideas are. My ...
Hypocrisy
About Arvind Kejriwal. And PLU.
We keep whining and complaining about why people like us do not enter ...
Nostalgia
In memoriam: My Battlecat
I miss the first motorcycle I ever knew, the 1969 Jawa I christened ...
