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 ...
Books
Free hand or cowardice?
I examine how the same sentence from a politician can signal courage or ...
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
“Siachen pe hamare jawan…”
I am disturbed by how we now reject real soldiers’ stories while embracing ...
Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Activism
Handshakes and operations.
I wonder why we borrow the Indian Army’s language but forget its code ...
Activism
Part Three: Violence. And Us.
I reject mob uprisings and choose Gandhi’s Satyagraha: non-violence, institutions, and love as ...
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
Why Military Tradition ≠ Civilian Tradition.
A friend mentioned that all protocols are subject to change, even military ones, ...
Advice
Could we please not, General?
I write to the Chief about his recent press pictures hugging his Australian ...
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
Unsettled? Sure. But by what?
American Jews feel “unsettled,” but not by genocide in Gaza. Their silence enables ...
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 ...
Business
The Hollow Arsenal: India’s Recruitment Crisis and Strategic Unpreparedness.
In the second article of the series, I examine why India’s youth aren’t ...
Debate
Today at LinkedIn.
Posed a tough question on military readiness; got RSS flood-relief deflection. Replied with ...
