Commentary
A Vir I can get behind.
While everyone is discussing Vir Das and his kickass, from-the-heart poem, Two Indias ...
Culture
Halloween 2021
So, it’s Halloween. Kids go from house-to-house and get sweets and treats, and ...
India
The Indian Muslim experience.
It struck me last night that while most of my Muslim friends know ...
Commentary
Hell in a handbasket.
“Chaalis korodon ki awaaz: Sehgal – Dhillon – Shah Nawaz” In the ...
Atheism
Morality and God.
I was having an interesting exchange on a friend’s Facebook wall with a ...
Business
The Fabindia controversy.
Recently, Fabindia released (and later withdrew) an advertisement calling Diwali, ‘Jashn-e-Riwaaz’. This is ...
Atheism
Pretend atheists and bigotry.
I am asked many a time why I speak the loudest against Hinduism ...
History
Hindustani Mussalman.
Naseeruddin Shah and Mohammed Abdi’s statements about them being Indians first and Muslims ...
India
Overt displays of religiosity in office.
Rajendra Prasad, while President, officiating over the opening of the Somnath temple. Pranab ...
Patriotism
How to win a war (without firing a weapon).
You want to win a war with Pakistan? Let me tell you how ...
Art
Why we don’t get Periyar’s enmity to oppression.
The reason we cannot understand this intuitively is that we, and I mean ...
Atheism
Religions good, followers bad?
If religion has any redeeming features, it is bit because of it, but ...
Commentary
You’ve come a long way, baby!
From a time when religious bigotry, casteism, and misogyny existed but was never ...
Dissent/Protest
I stand, a minority of one!
The PM of the Republic of India sitting for a religious puja for ...
Society
Myths & reality.
All of us build mythologies around ourselves on which we base our daily ...
Insight
The appeal of Moditva.
I wager that the worse Modi's record becomes, the more the pain he ...
