Art
De-Labeling Snobbery.
I receive decanters during Ramzaan and defend label-free hospitality while staying sober (for ...
Activism
Moral science?
I watch a school drop-off and confront the everyday lawlessness people like me ...
Activism
The Last Brahmin Standing.
I mock my own tribe by pretending to crown myself the last pure ...
Aviation
Who wants to be a politician?
When the news of Ajit Pawar's death came in, I realised my first ...
Adventure
Project Republic.
For this Republic Day, I am trying to listen and understand what makes ...
Commentary
The drop. And the fall.
A parable about power, vanity, and why public moral lapses cannot be erased ...
Celebration
Life. And a bottle of Mahua.
A bottle of mahua becomes a meditation on friendship, chance encounters, generosity, and ...
Activism
To My Fellow Brahmins.
I, a Puneri Brahmin, write to my own, about caste, history, comfort, and ...
Activism
The Dermatographia Test.
Caste isn’t a relic; it erupts instantly. Just open any caste post, read ...
Activism
The Savarna Delusion.
I write about how savarna reactions to satire expose a deeper delusion about ...
Activism
The End of Reservations?
I write about how a Dalit with an iPhone exposed the savarna fantasy ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
Commentary
Ji, Uncle ji.
I explore how Zohran Mamdani effortlessly unclefied Donald Trump using the quiet desi ...
Activism
Shaking my head. Again.
When belief devours judgement and citizens hollow themselves out, no bribe is needed ...
Bias
What do I know anyway?
I write about privilege, uncertainty, and why knowing less than we think may ...
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 ...
Anger
Velankar, Abhimanyu, and Sisyphus.
I write about the moral fatigue of Indian heroes, from Velankar to Sisyphus, ...
