Commentary
Utha Le Re Baba!
I confess that Maharashtra politics now feels like a shared hallucination I can ...
Activism
Laughing in Nirbhaya.
Why waiting for foreign scandals to topple authoritarianism is political fantasy, not resistance, ...
Bureaucracy
Deeply proud. And PAGAL.
A letter of admiration and pride to the PMO-posted IAS officer in charge ...
Culture
Ek hi Netaji!
I think we have finally discovered that history’s greatest mistake was happening before ...
Commentary
The Irony Man of India.
A satire on hindsight patriotism, historical arrogance, and the curious urge to lecture ...
Commentary
The drop. And the fall.
A parable about power, vanity, and why public moral lapses cannot be erased ...
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 ...
Civilisation
The National Treasury (of Outrage).
I write on how a woman’s outfit sparked outrage and revealed the true ...
Activism
Why. Doesn’t. He. Die?
I question the RSS’s selective reverence for Gandhi, exposing the irony of those ...
Debate
Today at LinkedIn.
Posed a tough question on military readiness; got RSS flood-relief deflection. Replied with ...
Activism
Spinning yarns in the age of AI.
A historical letter satirising AI scepticism through the metaphor of spinning looms, exposing ...
Civilisation
Did someone say ‘Bengal’?
Bengalis bristling with righteous indignation at the very mention of the word "Bengal" ...
AI
How to spot AI. And an epiphany.
The spate of 'experts' on LinkedIn using AI to write posts about how ...
Art
“Humor Science” by Sai S. Ramachandran
I review a book by a LinkedIn friend and comic, Sai. It is ...
Activism
Fallacy as alibi.
You don't tell someone their biryani is dry while they’re complaining about how ...
Civilisation
The Man Who Lost To The South.
I write the history of a Gujarat-born Indian leader who destroyed the country ...
Activism
Kaalaa Akshar…
My take on language imposition, buffalo metaphors, and the absurdity of unsolicited advice ...
AI
You Are Not a Real Writer.
When a new tool reshapes a profession, the old guard cries foul, declaring ...
