Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Activism
Laughing in Nirbhaya.
Why waiting for foreign scandals to topple authoritarianism is political fantasy, not resistance, ...
Activism
The Dermatographia Test.
Caste isn’t a relic; it erupts instantly. Just open any caste post, read ...
Commentary
Ji, Uncle ji.
I explore how Zohran Mamdani effortlessly unclefied Donald Trump using the quiet desi ...
Advertising
Sell. Me. The. Damn. Features.
I write about why I no longer trust marketing feelings & emotional over ...
Advertising
The Seller & The Believer.
I reflect on Piyush Pandey’s dazzling craft and the moral difference between selling ...
Anger
Part Two: Violence. And Them.
I turn outward, examining Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Arab Spring, uneasy ...
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 ...
Capitalism
Villains. Not heroes.
I reflect on how glamorising villains erodes moral clarity, until we forget whom ...
Activism
The cost of purity.
I challenge the obsession with moral purity and defend imperfect gestures of care ...
Activism
Onions. And the Indian Express.
I marvel at Indian Express’s bravery, leaping to fact-check Rahul overnight while gently ...
Civilisation
The Weapon We Gave Away.
I reflect on how India dismantled its free press, the sharpest weapon democracy ...
Activism
Indian Businesses. A Trilogy in Four Parts.
I conduct a cultural autopsy of Indian business: from inherited deceit to systemic ...
Activism
Napoleon’s Razor.
I explore the concept of strategy in the face of entrenched power struggles ...
Activism
Art, Access, and the Aftermath.
My final part of the trilogy about the AI-fication of art, in light ...
Activism
Fallacy as alibi.
You don't tell someone their biryani is dry while they’re complaining about how ...
Activism
In an India Far, Far Saner.
There was a time when comics, jesters, and comedians were not only respected; ...
