Other day, I was taking a lecture on gender violence and trauma when the hand of a student went up to speak. She was from Kashmir valley she said and wanted to make a comment on what I had said on …
Why I stand for Arnab?
It was my friend from Mumbai who told me an anecdote that can be compared to what best describes what is happening in Maharashtra today. My friend’s daughter, aged eleven and his son, aged nine, were …
Why the French are angry?
I have several French friends. They are philosophers and psychologists who live and work in France. They are acutely aware of the crisis facing their society and when the psychologists listen to the …
Why Some Books are Rejected, the Silence of Higher Ups and the Unknown Reader
The book on Delhi Riots has been withdrawn by Bloomsbury after facing controversy. This should not surprise us. It is also perhaps for the first time that such a thing is happening. No books after a …
5th August 2020 – A Day of Independence From Fear
On 5th August 2020, perhaps for the first time, in the history of India, by building the Ram Mandir, the Hindu community may finally be said to reclaim something it has never done before from the …
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What the murder of Ajay Pandita teaches us – written as a tribute to his tragic death
A Kashmiri Hindu and an old friend called me up a few days ago. We discussed the COVID19 scenario, the political situation created by Chinese incursion and then he asked me about the murder of Ajay …