A morning bicycle ride on a rainy dawn
A bicycle ride on a monsoon morning turned into an impromptu discussion of the world at large. Conversation drives democracy.
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Signs of impending roll back of demonetisation?
This is just speculation, but drastic changes in the BJP’s propaganda seem to indicate that a rollback of demonetisation may happen. We began with demonetisation being Modi’s special, secret project.
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Does the argumentative Indian really exist?
The Indian socio-political space is polarized as never before. The religious and economic right wings came together in an unprecedented show of solidarity and gave India its first Prime Minister who
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Gender Ghetto Politics
What really gets my goat these days is the bull in china shop approach to women’s rights, which has a male dominated state and society trying to fix everything (sexual assault) – for
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That mythical Hindu Rashtra
If there is anything and anyone the Hindu fanatics in India owes allegiance to, it is a fantasy nation that Hindutva wants to build on the carcass of a diverse and vibrant
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The ugly side of “sacrifice”
When the idea of animal sacrifice was born, livestock were wealth. The world has come a long way from that point, and your wealth is now in banks, in expensive
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Holy Cow!
I have been thinking about this on and off beef debate raging in our country, and I realize it is a very complex, multi-dimensional thing. Each side of the
Balochistan: Winds of Change
For once, it is a treasure to read the wave of euphoria sweeping through the tweets of the Baloch people. After six decades of cries for help going into some
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Poor to Broke: Rethinking poverty solutions
As Mike Todd famously said, “I’ve never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is only a temporary situation” This is the place we
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