Commentary
Lost Without Reading the Map
Even as a Nehruvian, I see how his moral foreign policy failed. And ...
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' ...
Activism
The Price of Survival.
I once mistook our endurance for strength, but learned it fuels our subjugation; ...
Abhijit Gadgil
A Matter of Honour (and a Few Corrections).
In which I correct key errors in Akash Banerjee’s MiG-21 video that featured ...
Activism
Who’s practising Taqiyya now?
The BJP accuses Muslims of Taqiyya while practising its own: masking majoritarian intent ...
Activism
From Gandhi to Guns: How India Lost the Non-Aligned Soul.
I explore how India’s foreign policy abandoned its moral core, trading Gandhian ideals ...
Civilisation
Flags Without Fighters: The Theatre of Patriotism.
In Part 1/3, I examine how aggressive nationalists glorify the army but avoid ...
Activism
Preface: Patriotism in Three Acts.
I introduce a three-part series reflecting on how we perform patriotism, neglect service, ...
Commentary
The Orchard of Amnesia.
I respond to Amit Shah’s disdain for English by tracing how it empowered ...
Activism
Patriotism is not silence.
In a democracy, silence is not strength. It is erasure. True patriotism demands ...
Activism
Spinning yarns in the age of AI.
A historical letter satirising AI scepticism through the metaphor of spinning looms, exposing ...
Commentary
End of an era.
India loses diplomatic agency as the POTUS announces a fragile ceasefire between India ...
Activism
Mahatma Modi?
Narendra Modi is the only politician after the Mahatma to truly grasp the ...
Activism
A Rotten Orchard.
A thoughtful friend’s question made me pause. This is not a correction, just ...
Activism
Indian Businesses. A Trilogy in Four Parts.
I conduct a cultural autopsy of Indian business: from inherited deceit to systemic ...
Advice
A letter to America.
I write a heartfelt letter to America on tariffs, factories, immigration, ambition, and ...
Activism
A Smart Man Asking Silly Questions.
I examine Modi's strategy to keep himself being seen as David even when ...
