Delving into my limited capacity to understand the social and political processes of the lives of my two grandmothers.
‘Renegades: Born in the USA’: Obama, Springsteen Book Reprises Hit Podcast
During their intimate podcast series, which is now a book, the two covered everything from racism on the 2008 campaign trail and the civil rights movement, to Watergate and …
Coming Back to Yourself
'No matter how far you go there is only one place you can come back to yourself – and that's home.'
It’s Time to Put the ‘Halloween’ Reboots Out of Their Misery
I wish I could say it was rare to see a movie as atrocious as Halloween Kills, but sadly, it’s an all-too-familiar experience for audiences in the 2020s.
Saptaparni
A poem describing the blossoming of flowers in Delhi each October.
Bengaluru and Malleswaram: The Shivaji Connection
When Shivaji’s father served the Bijapur Sultanate, he had led an attack on Kempegowda the third and defeated him in battle. As a reward, he had received the annexed …
How My Fellow Urban Private School Classmates Overestimated Internet Access in India
I created a short online poll to find out what my classmates know about internet access in our country. Most didn't know that it is a privilege available only …
In Dreams, to Death
A poem on the contradiction between the present cultural push to 'dream big' and the starker mundaneness of what reality often turns out to be.
Facebook Is Now Meta. And It Wants to Monetise Your Whole Existence.
The underlying idea of the metaverse is to expand the horizon of the appropriation of human life into every aspect of our existence.
Netflix’s ‘Maid’ Offers a Rare Portrayal of Low-Wage Domestic Work
Adeptly exploring the compound effects of low-wage work, unsupported parenthood and broken social support systems, 'Maid' rings true for millions of working-class women.