Aviation
Who wants to be a politician?
When the news of Ajit Pawar's death came in, I realised my first ...
Activism
Beware false victory.
I fear Modi’s fall if it comes by foreign hands, because that would ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Activism
Laughing in Nirbhaya.
Why waiting for foreign scandals to topple authoritarianism is political fantasy, not resistance, ...
Activism
Shaking my head. Again.
When belief devours judgement and citizens hollow themselves out, no bribe is needed ...
Bureaucracy
The burden of proof.
I examine how the Indian state sustains power not by violence or ideology, ...
Anger
Part Two: Violence. And Them.
I turn outward, examining Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and the Arab Spring, uneasy ...
Commentary
Lost Without Reading the Map
Even as a Nehruvian, I see how his moral foreign policy failed. And ...
Advice
Could we please not, General?
I write to the Chief about his recent press pictures hugging his Australian ...
Commentary
Of Gunfights and Swords.
I visited a top school and found children learning email like it’s 1831. ...
Business
The Hollow Arsenal: India’s Recruitment Crisis and Strategic Unpreparedness.
In the second article of the series, I examine why India’s youth aren’t ...
Business
Band-Aid Republic?
India’s startup boom thrives on state failure, creating a toxic cycle where private ...
Capitalism
Villains. Not heroes.
I reflect on how glamorising villains erodes moral clarity, until we forget whom ...
Advice
TAMasha: The Great Indian Market Myth.
An unsentimental look at India’s startup dream, middle-class myth, and the real businesses ...
Activism
Ozymandias!
When giants clash, the wise don’t interfere. They spectate. Let tyrants bleed; justice ...
Advice
The Integrity Discount: Pricing in the Rot.
My takedown (again) of Indian VC culture, where governance masks greed, ethics are ...
Activism
Irony Men of India.
A stark reflection on mobs, silence, and the illusion of safety in a ...
Advice
Wealth. Arrogance. And the mirror I didn’t expect.
A recent encounter with a powerful man reminded me of my own past ...
Activism
Indian Businesses. A Trilogy in Four Parts.
I conduct a cultural autopsy of Indian business: from inherited deceit to systemic ...
Activism
The Cassandra Curse.
As I read about Punjab's descent into drug-fuelled madness, I wonder if my ...
