‘Looking At The Relation Between Things And Ourselves’
In course of my work, I had to inaugurate a beauty pageant of transwomen from the…
Policing the Self
Censorship: the practice of silencing/ obliterating something because it is considered inappropriate. It is practiced variously:…
Uncle Sam the Ambivalent
I was a teenager in the 1970s, when Indo-US relations reached a nadir following President Nixon’s open…
Understanding the Underdog
So, who is an underdog? The dictionary defines an underdog as a loser/runner-up/second best/small fry and…
Un-Smart Cities
The Government of India has taken up the Smart Cities Mission, and 20 cities have qualified in…
Kashmir: Snapshots
1. Pahalgam. A happy and carefree 18-year-old, sitting on the rocks of the river Lidder, shivers at…
Toe the Line
Epilogue But then,” he countered, “you’ve been in the same situation before.” “True, but does that…
Happily Ever After
Time was at a loss. Satyavati did not have a heaven. Where was she to be…
‘Maps on our backs/Long way from Home’
Refugee is a political term, connected to, but not quite the same as, a person seeking…
The Sex Wars
Growing up in an academic family, it was inevitable that I would be exposed to shelves…