May 98 minPortraits 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...
Apr 266 minHuman Loneliness, the Predatory Nature of Surveillance Capitalism, and the Prophetic Powers of ArtI 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...
Apr 205 minApproach to Architecture in India: In Search of the Modern VernacularAs an architect in India, having spent half a decade learning about the importance of 'context' (and the multitudes of it present in...
Apr 135 minLessons from the Farmers’ Protest: Mutual Aid, Decentralisation and Direct DemocracyThe farmers of India won a historic battle against the government and forced it to repeal the three pro-capitalist farm laws which...
Apr 1310 minInterview: Jens Lerche and Alpa ShahJens Lerche is Reader in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOAS, University of London. He is a specialist on caste oppression, rural and...
Apr 1350 minInterview: Aseem ShrivastavaAseem Shrivastava trained as an environmental economist at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He taught philosophy at the Nordic...
Apr 1333 minInterview: Ashish Kothari Ashish Kothari is an environmentalist and a vocal critic of conventional narratives of conservation and development. He is the founder of...
Dec 29, 20211 minA Love PoemSweat running down her spine, Burning away her life, standing in front of the stove, Stomach cut into two, butchered for two, I look in...
Dec 15, 202111 minThe Broken Idol: Agnostic Musings on ReligionThis Dussehra marks the third anniversary of my writing career. Of course, I had started writing a few months before that, but it was...
Dec 13, 20212 minWomen on the Street"Gill Valentine’s research on adult versus youth spaces found that girls paradoxically identify public spaces, such as city streets, as...
Nov 30, 20217 minWhy 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...
Nov 22, 20216 minThe Question of Literature and Adivasi ExpressionWhat is the use of reading Literature? As an English literature researcher, I have been asked this question more than once. And believe...
Oct 17, 20211 minThe Season of FlorescenceIn 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...
Oct 11, 20216 minMemory-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...
Oct 8, 20217 minReview: A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes by Rodrigo GarciaWhy 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...
Oct 2, 202111 minThe Art of an Ever-Present NostalgiaWhy 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...
Sep 15, 20212 minGrammatical GenderI.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...
Sep 5, 20211 minSacrificethis 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...
May 5, 20207 minEpidemics 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...