Art
De-Labeling Snobbery.
I receive decanters during Ramzaan and defend label-free hospitality while staying sober (for ...
Activism
The Last Brahmin Standing.
I mock my own tribe by pretending to crown myself the last pure ...
Activism
A letter to Mr Hardeep Puri.
I write a letter about the arrogance of claiming to speak for an ...
Adventure
Project Republic.
For this Republic Day, I am trying to listen and understand what makes ...
Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Caste
The LIIT of Indianness
I argue that equating Hinduness with Indianness seduces us into purity politics that ...
Atheism
The Wrong Question, Again!
Why debates about God’s existence are intellectually exhausted, and which questions about belief, ...
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 ...
Activism
To My Fellow Brahmins.
I, a Puneri Brahmin, write to my own, about caste, history, comfort, and ...
Activism
The Dermatographia Test.
Caste isn’t a relic; it erupts instantly. Just open any caste post, read ...
Activism
The Savarna Delusion.
I write about how savarna reactions to satire expose a deeper delusion about ...
Activism
The End of Reservations?
I write about how a Dalit with an iPhone exposed the savarna fantasy ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
Commentary
Ji, Uncle ji.
I explore how Zohran Mamdani effortlessly unclefied Donald Trump using the quiet desi ...
