Activism
The devil and his due.
Finally, something the Modi sarkar did right. And what an amazing job it ...
Commentary
The Chinese curse.
I explore the concept of big power coercion in global politics and how ...
Caste
The LIIT of Indianness
I argue that equating Hinduness with Indianness seduces us into purity politics that ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Activism
Part III – The Sacred Text and the Unready People
India’s democracy survives not by habit, but by faith in a Constitution its ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
Capitalism
Part I – The Soil of Democracy
I write about how democracy slowly took shape in Europe through centuries of ...
Anger
Velankar, Abhimanyu, and Sisyphus.
I write about the moral fatigue of Indian heroes, from Velankar to Sisyphus, ...
Bureaucracy
The burden of proof.
I examine how the Indian state sustains power not by violence or ideology, ...
Business
Band-Aid Republic?
India’s startup boom thrives on state failure, creating a toxic cycle where private ...
Activism
The cost of purity.
I challenge the obsession with moral purity and defend imperfect gestures of care ...
Activism
Victory? For whom?
She wasn’t freed because of her rights, but because she apologised. Stop mistaking ...
Advice
The Integrity Discount: Pricing in the Rot.
My takedown (again) of Indian VC culture, where governance masks greed, ethics are ...
Activism
A Rotten Orchard.
A thoughtful friend’s question made me pause. This is not a correction, just ...
Activism
Indian Businesses. A Trilogy in Four Parts.
I conduct a cultural autopsy of Indian business: from inherited deceit to systemic ...
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 ...
