AI
Writer’s Block. Again.
I wrestle with a blank page, scrolling through noise, wondering (fearing?) my writing ...
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 ...
Commentary
End of an era.
India loses diplomatic agency as the POTUS announces a fragile ceasefire between India ...
Death
Op Sindoor.
When politics, diplomacy, and the military align, briefly and brilliantly, we must rise ...
Advice
Wealth. Arrogance. And the mirror I didn’t expect.
A recent encounter with a powerful man reminded me of my own past ...
Civilisation
Can we be unreasonable men?
I write about a fantasy reunification idea, less Akhand Bharat, and more EU. ...
Activism
Snakes. And solidarity.
In which I tell the extremists who believe in violence, and yet, claim ...
Commentary
Speak softly and carry a big… nuke?
I explore how power, deterrence, and history prove that nations without nuclear weapons ...
Adventure
New year, new year on the wall…
At the beginning of the new financial year, I list all that I ...
Activism
Reaping the whirlwind.
Israel's attempted genocide in Gaza is not helping its cause. Indeed, if at ...
Activism
Conservatives and bullies. A hypothesis.
Right-wingers across the world seem to side with the oppressors almost as an ...
Activism
मान न मान मैं तेरा मेहमान!
People (especially the Israelis and Americans) blaming Egypt for closing its doors to ...
Advice
The problem of self-appointed spokespersons.
Self-appointed guardians are seldom, if at all, guardians of anyone or anything except ...
Adventure
Bharat Jodo Yatra: My journey.
A journal chronicling my journey to and participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, ...
Celebration
Virtue signalling. And us.
I grew up with storytellers virtue signal about Indian unity and secularism around ...
Abhijit Gadgil
The secret to a good life.
My father's drill instructor in the Air Force Academy claimed to have a ...
Democracy
Rahul is the man in the arena.
I quote excerpts from Roosevelt's 'Citizenship in a Republic' speech to illustrate my ...
