Sovereignty, Unity and The State Of Denial
The self-appointed champions of secular liberalism are decrying the recent electoral triumph of Hindu nationalism as…
2014
End Notes from a historic mandate
Why is Modi only a symptom of a disease? Writes Sayan Bhattacharya sitting on his armchair….
Residue: A Review
Nitisha Kaul’s first novel, Residue offers stunning sensitivity, delightful intrigues, interesting technical innovations as well as…
Are you Walking the Talk?
Much like our vanishing ability to process information in chunks longer than 140 characters, we seem…
Coup de Tête: A Radical Takeover of Your Head
As we speak, Orwellian forces are creating …and gradually introducing into mainstream society… slippery speech patterns…
Reading a Map
A map dispassionately establishes, in quantifiable terms, the geography of a place, it fixes the contours…
India as a Sovereign, Democratic (?) Republic
Phrases like ‘identity politics’ ‘caste politics’ and ‘communal politics’ are routinely used to denigrate any effort…
How Do You Take Your Coffee?
Coffee means a lot of things to a lot of people: a shot of energy, a…
The Folly Of History And The Twisted Irony Of A Single Tweet
As the world assuages its discomfort through virtually expressed outrage… Azad Essa contextualises the long and…
Autumn Forever
A short story about hope, despair, endurance and the inevitability of both change and stagnation… by…