Omprakhash Valmiki's autobiographical account is a rare insight into a lived Dalit life, and there is much to learn from it.
Books
For the Love of Clouds: Verses in the Sky
Going back to the dying art of sky gazing alongside verses by some of the world's greatest poets.
On Romance Novels and Coming to Terms with My Broken Feminism
Afters years of looking down at romance novels, a reading of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' made me sit up and realise my internalised misogyny.
On the Arrest of ‘Urban Naxals’: Where Do Those Who Grew up on Their Work Go From Here?
This article is for those of us who, growing up, realised there was a world behind the glossy curtain of incredible India.
On Reading Nivedita Menon’s ‘Seeing Like a Feminist’ in a Patriarchal Home
No matter how shaken I feel reading this book, I could not possibly be more grateful to Menon for writing this book and for giving new meaning to my life.
How Lockdown Fundamentally Changed the Way I Read
It took a global pandemic for me to open my Kindle.
‘The Room Where It Happened’ Confirms Trump’s Unhinged Presidency
Former NSA John Bolton's book is pure political dynamite.