Of monuments and memories
A few months back, I visited the War Memorial in Ghorpadi, Pune with my friend, the columnist, Shefali Vaidya. It was a sobering occasion. We were there to pay tribute to the fallen martyrs of Uri and light a candle More...
क्यों ज़रूरी हो जाती है 3600 करोड़ की मूर्ति?
3600 करोड़ एक मूर्ति के लिए! 600 मिलियन डॉलर! देश में इतनी भुखमरी है, सड़कें टूटी हुई हैं, More...
The caste system is a colonial idea
It was primarily under colonial Christian rule that the caste system as we know it today was defined, shaped and a narrative built around it. It’s time for India to take back the caste narrative in its own hands. More...
The Neo-Mughals and the Neo-Marathas
It is said that there is no need to warn the wise for they know the perils themselves. But it is to the wise that any suggestions need be made, for they would be wasted otherwise. As Shukanasa tells us in Banabhatta’s More...
Does Aakar Patel’s racist rant against Gujaratis attract penal actions under Indian laws?
I often wondered if the tradition of the New Year’s resolution is widely followed by the public in general and journalists in particular. If the answer is yes, Aakar Patel’s resolution should be to write a handbook More...
Why a Non-Indian, Non-Hindu is Building the Shivaji Museum of Indian History
I had just completed my 18th year and I was living in Paris, France, the city of my birth, when I heard that a caravan of cars was driving from Paris to Pondicherry. I had never heard of India, but something in More...