An Oildrop, the Ocean, Corruption and Yes, Inflation
Arvind Kejriwal put it rather bluntly when he asked rhetorically: Who’s running the country, Manmohan Singh…
Politics & Society
Why is Hurricane Sandy a political issue?
President Obama and his administration have been exchanging high-fives and posing for stock images to bring…
The State is Afraid Of…
The state is afraid of internet in Kashmir. The state is afraid of social networking sites. The…
Tales from Cola Land
Democracy is a system of oppression run by popular consent; its enabler, the electoral politics, is…
The Idea of Illicit Love: Tales of Power, Politics and Patriarchy
The childlike scrawl, diligent correction of spelling errors and the tentative title ‘suicide note’ are more…
The Emperors’ New Clothes
End of the affair Loot was largely presumed to be the catalyst in crystallizing the ruling…
Robert Vadra ki Haseen Duniya
Prologue: Raw materials: Scenes from the Satyajit Ray classic Shatranj Ke Khilari (based on the Premchand text),Rapunzel’s never ending…
The Black Story
“For some, coal means diamonds and gold. For others, the coal signifies bread. They go underground…
Who Are You?
At the heart of every ‘I’ lies an infinity of longing. The questions about identity can…
Caveat Lector
Disclaimer: What follows below is a concoction of truths, half truths, measly doses of imagination and generous…