Book Review: Shrayana Bhattacharya’s Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh-India’s Lonely Young Women and…India’s complexity is a perennial source of inspiration for commentary, columns and books.Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
On Crypto-currencies and the way forward.The government of El Salvador recently announced that it would start accepting bitcoin as legal tender in the country. This is the latest…Oct 7, 2021Oct 7, 2021
M.J. Akbar’s Tinderbox & Aag ko Pani Ka Bhay: Thoughts on Indian Sub-continentA close childhood friend, a passionate and active supporter of Aam Aadmi Party-whilst he retains his deep personal and family linkages with…Sep 21, 2021Sep 21, 2021
Ban on Chinese Apps: The Road AheadThe Government of India in the June 2020 blocked 59 apps, developed and owned by Chinese companies. A GOI press release stated that these…Sep 2, 2021Sep 2, 2021
An Ode to EntrepreneursA Nassim Nicholas Taleb quote, that would work as an apt opener for this post, goes- “Entrepreneurs are heroes in our society. They fail…May 23, 2021May 23, 2021
Book Review- Sanghi Who Never Went to a Shakha: Anatomy of PolarizationRahul Roushan’s book traces his journey from his indifference towards his Hindu religious identity, to his wholesale acceptance of it and…Mar 21, 2021Mar 21, 2021
Book Review: Juagalbandi- The BJP Before Modi, by Vinay SitapatiAn oft mentioned take by the critics and opposition of the BJP and the ruling dispensation in India, on social media, reads- BJP and its…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Book Review: A New Idea of India- Harsh Gupta & Rajeev MantriIndia in the last decade has been witness to a political churn, that has been accompanied by a loud and an energetic questioning of what…Sep 27, 2020Sep 27, 2020
Thou Shall Enforce The ContractMy coming across a paper*, co-authored by Shruti Rajagopalan an Associate Prof of Economics at state university of New York, on Indian…Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020
Ford Model T of WFH is hereFor someone who has spent bulk of his career in the offices of his clients, the idea of work from home has always sounded theoretical and…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
Now is Not the Time To Get CynicalAny words to describe the current state of affairs will entail the use of cliches and sound repetitive to you, the reader. As we try and…Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
On Democratic Contract and State CapacityWhat is common between chaos at a malfunctioning traffic signal, a kindergarten teacher struggling to maintain discipline in the classroom…Feb 9, 2020Feb 9, 2020
A Primer for Improving our DiscourseConvinced that the mainstream media generated and social media amplified discourse is now of, for and by the echo chambers, this writer…Jan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
JNU, Hyperbole and Fatigue.A comment by this writer on the fracas at JNU, that was not in line with the impassioned take of the ‘liberal’ or ‘nationalistic’ brigade…Jan 17, 2020Jan 17, 2020
Where the Mind is already Made Up and the Head is Buried…John Maynard Keynes is said to have asked someone: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” An honest response in…Dec 31, 2019Dec 31, 2019
Bumrah, Aayushmaan and Aam Admi Party : The Decade wasn’t all BadAnother year and another decade are coming to an end, I know news channels and your social media feed are telling you that a civil war has…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Democracy, Political Machination and CynicismWe finally have a democratically elected government in the state of Maharashtra.Dec 3, 2019Dec 3, 2019
Incentives: Bharat Sarkar, SUV driver on the wrong side and Shimmer and Shine ToysWhy is it that Indians follow traffic rules whilst driving around in a western country but tend to behave like soldiers of Genghis Khan’s…Nov 20, 2019Nov 20, 2019
On Article 370The government of India via amendments in the article 370 of the constitution, abrogated the special status given to the state of Jammu…Nov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019
