Advice
Roses, lawyers, and the first letter to a big girl!
In my first letter, I write to Kymaia about growing up, law, truth, ...
Activism
Sorry, Karnataka.
I realise, with growing discomfort, that Maharashtra and Bengal, both exported India’s conscience ...
Commentary
Roman Holiday?
A republic begins to decay when rulers demand sacrifice from citizens whilst performing ...
Activism
My Lords. And Masters?
In a republic, judges are supposed to command respect through reasoning, not demand ...
Commentary
The fall of a civilisation.
I look at Rome’s decline from a millennium and a half ago and ...
AI
A Sci-Fi Present
I marvel at the science-fiction present surrounding me while confronting how little humanity’s ...
Activism
Mugger, murderer, medicine, mausoleum…
I argue that even in a corrupt republic, a life-saving vaccine is not ...
Activism
The Idea of a Republic.
I reflect on how a republic survives not through identity or doctrine, but ...
Ageing
The Only Possible World.
I follow a murderous thought experiment until it collapses into a meditation on ...
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 ...
Adventure
Project Republic.
For this Republic Day, I am trying to listen and understand what makes ...
Advice
Rules-based international order? Ha!
The rules-based international order died when Hind Rijab was killed. This moral panic ...
Activism
“Siachen pe hamare jawan…”
I am disturbed by how we now reject real soldiers’ stories while embracing ...
Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Civilisation
The Punjabi and the Englishman
I think I am watching the BJP slowly discover that ruling India means ...
