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    Portraits in Hell
    • May 9
    • 8 min

    Portraits in Hell

    The elders had been convinced by a series of mysterious deaths in the village that showering was a fatal affair. “We’ve lost twenty odd...
    Human Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of Art
    • Apr 26
    • 6 min

    Human Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of Art

    I had just returned from a trip to Cubbon Park with a close friend of over ten years. We were meeting for the first time after the third...
    Approach to Architecture in India: In Search of the Modern Vernacular
    • Apr 20
    • 5 min

    Approach to Architecture in India: In Search of the Modern Vernacular

    As an architect in India, having spent half a decade learning about the importance of 'context' (and the multitudes of it present in...
    Lessons from the Farmers’ Protest: Mutual Aid, Decentralisation and Direct Democracy
    • Apr 13
    • 5 min

    Lessons from the Farmers’ Protest: Mutual Aid, Decentralisation and Direct Democracy

    The farmers of India won a historic battle against the government and forced it to repeal the three pro-capitalist farm laws which...
    Interview: Jens Lerche and Alpa Shah
    • Apr 13
    • 10 min

    Interview: Jens Lerche and Alpa Shah

    Jens Lerche is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is a specialist on caste oppression, rural and...
    Interview: Aseem Shrivastava
    • Apr 13
    • 50 min

    Interview: Aseem Shrivastava

    Aseem Shrivastava trained as an environmental economist at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He taught philosophy at the Nordic...
    Interview: Ashish Kothari
    • Apr 13
    • 33 min

    Interview: Ashish Kothari

    Ashish Kothari is an environmentalist and a vocal critic of conventional narratives of conservation and development. He is the founder of...
    A Love Poem
    • Dec 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    A Love Poem

    Sweat running down her spine, Burning away her life, standing in front of the stove, Stomach cut into two, butchered for two, I look in...
    The Broken Idol: Agnostic Musings on Religion
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 11 min

    The Broken Idol: Agnostic Musings on Religion

    This Dussehra marks the third anniversary of my writing career. Of course, I had started writing a few months before that, but it was...
    Women on the Street
    • Dec 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    Women on the Street

    "Gill Valentine’s research on adult versus youth spaces found that girls paradoxically identify public spaces, such as city streets, as...
    Why Are Schools Shying Away From Talking About Caste in Classrooms?
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 7 min

    Why Are Schools Shying Away From Talking About Caste in Classrooms?

    If schools cannot afford to have safe spaces for discourses and canvassing against caste consciousness, India will continue to witness an...
    The Question of Literature and Adivasi Expression
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Question of Literature and Adivasi Expression

    What is the use of reading Literature? As an English literature researcher, I have been asked this question more than once. And believe...
    The Season of Florescence
    • Oct 17, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Season of Florescence

    In the early hours of a Sunday, On the backlane of a small town, a patch of bougainvilleas arrive into full bloom on a strange brick...
    Memory-Memorial: Reconfiguring Narratives
    • Oct 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    Memory-Memorial: Reconfiguring Narratives

    We read our histories, especially the chaos and tragedy, to make sense of where we are and what brought us here. As witnesses to its...
    Review: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia
    • Oct 8, 2021
    • 7 min

    Review: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo Garcia

    Why A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes Feels so Personal I As children we see our parents as immortals. But while growing up, there comes a...
    The Art of an Ever-Present Nostalgia
    • Oct 2, 2021
    • 11 min

    The Art of an Ever-Present Nostalgia

    Why are we so drawn to death? At the core of our grief, do we really have a yearning for sorrow? Being a person guided by spiritual...
    Grammatical Gender
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Grammatical Gender

    I.Heteronyms I’ve followed my shadow for as long as the two of us can remember. Once a month, she takes the lead by example for a few...
    Sacrifice
    • Sep 5, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sacrifice

    this time, it’ll be different he is different his family doesn’t slit pigeons for kali puja they free the birds who do they think...
    Epidemics and Literature – How literature can help us make sense of these uncertain times.
    • May 5, 2020
    • 7 min

    Epidemics and Literature – How literature can help us make sense of these uncertain times.

    As I write this, 42 days into a nation-wide lockdown in India, I realise that almost anything I say about the absurdity of the pandemic...

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