Anger
Part Two: Violence. And Them.
I turn outward, examining Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Arab Spring, uneasy ...
Anger
Part One: Violence. And Me.
I trace my lifelong unease with violence, from Babri Masjid to despots’ deaths, ...
Commentary
The Company We Keep
I list out the countries (and their leaders) that India (through its PM, ...
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 ...
Activism
Unsettled? Sure. But by what?
American Jews feel “unsettled,” but not by genocide in Gaza. Their silence enables ...
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 ...
Exploitation/Oppression
Frames of Reference.
I break down global power dynamics, reject moral absolutism, and call out the ...
Commentary
The Orchard of Amnesia.
I respond to Amit Shah’s disdain for English by tracing how it empowered ...
Capitalism
Villains. Not heroes.
I reflect on how glamorising villains erodes moral clarity, until we forget whom ...
Activism
Ozymandias!
When giants clash, the wise don’t interfere. They spectate. Let tyrants bleed; justice ...
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 ...
Civilisation
The Weapon We Gave Away.
I reflect on how India dismantled its free press, the sharpest weapon democracy ...
Death
Op Sindoor.
When politics, diplomacy, and the military align, briefly and brilliantly, we must rise ...
Advice
A letter to America.
I write a heartfelt letter to America on tariffs, factories, immigration, ambition, and ...
Civilisation
Can we be unreasonable men?
I write about a fantasy reunification idea, less Akhand Bharat, and more EU. ...
Commentary
Trump’s Tariff Tantrum — Drama, Denial, Damnation.
Donald Trump has started a trade war by announcing penal tariffs on his ...
