Some experiences with the Army
In my years in Manali as a horsewoman, I often encountered soldiers, as the route from Manali to Ladakh and then on to Kashmir is through some prime trekking terrain. […]
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Rights
Bigots with Power
The mountain of shame with our treatment of women keeps mounting. There is unending evidence that provocative clothes have little to do with rape and molestation, yet our policemen and
Some thoughts on AFSPA
Again, the time is come to talk about the AFSPA and again, the rhetoric is the same on all sides. Another classic Indian stalemate. Omar Abdullah has taken on himself
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Protesting Nuclear Power
As I write and tweet about the ongoing happenings at Fukushima, many take me to be an anti-nuclear activist. With this logic, if I write and tweet about India, I’m
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The Blinkers and mental eploitation.
If I can direct what you think, I can control your conclusion. It is like blinkers on a horse. A horse able to see only in one direction is less
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Unfreedoming Speech
Dear Mr. Sibal Let me begin with saying that not even my mother had ever made such a comprehensive effort to remove from my sight everything that would offend me.
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On free men and brutes
I wrote this post quite a few times, totally different each time, and finally decided to scrap it all to simply state my bottom line. There is a lot of
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Slutwalks and the state
The Mumbai Slutwalk had died when the police required us to provide an undertaking on the letterhead of an NGO with details of the walk. We could have falsified it,
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Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers
As the nuclear debate sparks, more and more voices call for dams and hydrothermal plants. And pro-nuclear activists helpfully point out that they have done more damage to life and
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