This is our war
May 17, 2020
2020 was supposed to be India’s ‘Superpower 2020’ moment, as APJ Abdul Kalam once promised us. Instead, it became a very different kind of fight. … More This is our war
Category: Society
Why are Indian Millenials moving abroad?
February 9, 2020
“Canada or Australia?” is the first question I now ask every friend who tells me they’re leaving India. On the quiet millennial exodus abroad. … More Why are Indian Millenials moving abroad?
Mummy! – The Indian male’s paradox
February 2, 2020
A wandering thought at Vadala station: one day, you’ll eat your mom’s food for the last time. On Indian sons, mothers, and what we take for granted. … More Mummy! – The Indian male’s paradox
Why MBA?
February 2, 2020
“Your dad has one degree, you must have at least two” – the family logic that decided my MBA was inevitable long before I even knew what it meant. … More Why MBA?
Is it worth losing friends over politics?
January 12, 2020
Social media has made everything from a dress colour to government policy up for incendiary debate. Is any opinion actually worth losing a friendship over? … More Is it worth losing friends over politics?
Ashamed and powerless
December 1, 2019
I didn’t want to write this. On the exhausting, repeating cycle of national outrage after violence against women in India, and what it does to you. … More Ashamed and powerless
Life of a smoker
October 27, 2019
A 2am matrimonial-profile prank from a friend turns into a wry look at dating, identity, and what it means to be labelled “a smoker” on paper. … More Life of a smoker
I don’t know
August 11, 2019
I’ve discovered a superpower I was never allowed to use growing up: admitting “I don’t know.” Turns out it might be the most useful phrase in the information age. … More I don’t know
Accepting adulthood
May 15, 2019
A Friday-night vodka-Sprite, weeks of back-to-back work, and a friend doubting I could keep going. A quiet reckoning with what adulthood actually asks of you. … More Accepting adulthood
Border – How the story of Brigadier Chandpuri defined the Indian army for a generation
November 19, 2018
On the passing of Brigadier Kuldip Singh Chandpuri, and how Bollywood’s Border shaped an entire generation’s idea of the Indian army. … More Border – How the story of Brigadier Chandpuri defined the Indian army for a generation
