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 ...
Anger
Muddying the waters.
I believe the Epstein spectacle is designed to make everyone seem guilty so ...
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 ...
Commentary
The Chinese curse.
I explore the concept of big power coercion in global politics and how ...
Activism
Beware false victory.
I fear Modi’s fall if it comes by foreign hands, because that would ...
Civilisation
Lessons in History
I am arguing that history punishes societies that mistake restraint for wisdom and ...
Commentary
Ji, Uncle ji.
I explore how Zohran Mamdani effortlessly unclefied Donald Trump using the quiet desi ...
Capitalism
Part I – The Soil of Democracy
I write about how democracy slowly took shape in Europe through centuries of ...
Caste
Is Democracy Possible in India?
A late-night question about whether democracy is even possible in India grew into ...
Celebration
Not my circus?
I write about Zohran Mamdani’s win, reluctant pride, and why even cynics sometimes ...
Civilisation
The Nation of Angry Sons?
I write about how our politics of obedience begins at home, with fathers ...
Civilisation
The National Treasury (of Outrage).
I write on how a woman’s outfit sparked outrage and revealed the true ...
Civilisation
The Orchestra: Success Beyond Noise.
I explore how the Indian diaspora, after noise and pride, may finally grow ...
Civilisation
The Cacophony: Noise Without Success.
I trace how the once-silent Indian diaspora found its voice, mistook noise for ...
Caste
The Model: Success Without Noise.
I trace how Indians abroad first rose to become the world’s so-called “model ...
Activism
Psst! Did you know that Gandhi…?
On Gandhi’s birth anniversary, I defend the strategist and organiser, not the caricature, ...
