In today's India, stereotypes about Muslims ignore their diversity.
Tag: poverty
Indiscriminate Extension of Reservations Is a Lazy Form of Politics. What We Need Is Redistribution
Extending reservations to the 'upper castes' who are poor or singly disadvantaged delegitimises the concept of double disadvantage: social marginalisation and economic ill-being.
Roti, Kapda Aur Makaan: Making Environment a Part of Everyday Politics
How can the government and general public join hands to deal with environmental threats?
In Which I Hate My Bones
'Bones, why we loved you the most, and — the only memory of you that remains beyond the smell.'
My Journey to Atheism
I am better off without just a watching-over-us God.
‘The White Tiger’: Social Message or Worn-Out Stereotypes?
'The White Tiger' has topped Netflix charts and garnered critical acclaim outside India, but does it merely replicate existing cliches?
In Photos | Not an Idyllic Despair
A photo essay capturing a day in the life of daily-wage labourers in Kolkata's Dharmatal neighbourhood.
Movies, Lockdown and a Parallel Universe
On tricks of memory, stark realities and empty gestures.
Being Born Privileged Is Not the Same as Earning It
The preposterousness in the determination of one’s destiny, just by birth – is the notion that we as a society have to shatter.
We’re Letting Greed Overpower Need
A poem about our apathy towards economic inequality.