Despite living in several cities across India over the past 50 years and thinking of myself as more Indian than English, I cannot look upon August 15 as Independence …
Tag: India
Letter to a Freedom Fighter
'Please know that your life continues to inspire those who believe in the idea of genuine azadi.'
Salman Rushdie and the Story of India
‘Midnight’s Children,’ a chronicle of a stabbing foretold.
Uncertain Futures
Poem about the uncertainty of what happens when we leave the sheltered walls of our schools, an uncertainty constantly aggravated by the current state of the country.
Literature Beyond Borders: Two Teen Authors Meet for a Virtual Discussion
The conversation, interspersed with giggles and laughter, reveals certain important catalysts in the young writers’ journeys.
Is India Really a Democracy? The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowing in the Wind: Nayantara Sahgal
The author's lament about the attacks on individual rights and freedoms in present-day India.
Bombay HC Pulls up Maha Govt Over Arrest of Student for ‘Tweet Against Sharad Pawar’
'There are hundreds and thousands of tweets everyday. Will you take cognisance of each and every tweet?'
The Resilient Refugee
A poem on my father being caught up in the Partition, and how his narration of the events of 1947 helped me understand the human cost of the division …
Is India Shifting Towards Majoritarianism?
What we see today is a gross violation of rights and denial of privileges, and a nonsensical leaning toward the promotion and advocacy of majoritarian ethos.
Hinduism: A Way of Life or the Only Way of Life?
In 2015, a German man asked me if I was a Hindu. In 2022, we are obsessed with who isn't a Hindu.