Activism
“Siachen pe hamare jawan…”
I am disturbed by how we now reject real soldiers’ stories while embracing ...
Civilisation
Stories We Choose: Why Ikkis Matters
I argue that the stories we choose to celebrate reveal who we are, ...
Civilisation
The Punjabi and the Englishman
I think I am watching the BJP slowly discover that ruling India means ...
Civilisation
Dahine se…tez bhaag!
I argue that when fear overwhelms courage, moral collapse often disguises itself as ...
Activism
The Right Wing’s Greatest Coup?
I examine why we demand retributive justice in our fantasies yet excuse political ...
Commentary
Utha Le Re Baba!
I confess that Maharashtra politics now feels like a shared hallucination I can ...
Activism
Is There a List?
What must be undone when constitutional sanity returns, and why accountability, not amnesia, ...
Civilisation
Lessons in History
I am arguing that history punishes societies that mistake restraint for wisdom and ...
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 drop. And the fall.
A parable about power, vanity, and why public moral lapses cannot be erased ...
Celebration
Just the Bottle, Actually.
A minimalist request, an overqualified gifting team, and the inevitable collapse of restraint ...
Activism
Part III – The Sacred Text and the Unready People
India’s democracy survives not by habit, but by faith in a Constitution its ...
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 ...
Caste
Part II – The Fault in Our Foundations
In this second of a three-part series, I explore how India built a ...
