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Right to choose

Last month, in Karnataka few men took it upon themselves to coerce Muslim women to remove their Hijab (Islamic headscarf) and girls were…

Mar 16, 2022

Mar 16, 2022

New year reflections

Its surreal to think it has been two years of the pandemic, of quarantining and social distancing. 2021 was a year of hope as vaccines were…

Jan 6, 2022

Jan 6, 2022

A tale of immovable tail

In the epic Mahabharata, there is a story from the time Pandavas were exiled in the forest. One day, as a breeze was flowing a beautiful…

Sep 21, 2021

A tale of immovable tail

Sep 21, 2021

Privacy and Pegasus

News that Pegasus, a software was used by Indian government to spy on varied people like journalists, chief justices, head of election…

Aug 3, 2021

Aug 3, 2021

Ignorance is not bliss!

Why Indian Americans cannot afford to brush off casteism anymore.

Aug 1, 2021

Aug 1, 2021

The name game

Indian government has recently ordered varied social media sites to take down content calling B.1.617.1 strain as the Indian strain. Most…

Jun 12, 2021

Jun 12, 2021

Yet another mosque demolished!

A century old Ghareeb Nawaz Al Maroof Mosque in Uttar Pradesh was illegally demolished by government officials flouting the court orders…

May 24, 2021

Yet another mosque demolished!

May 24, 2021

The King’s dharma

King Shibi was renowned for his largesse. Once a dove, chased by a hawk, gate crashed into his court seeking refuge. Minutes later the hawk…

May 4, 2021

The King’s dharma

May 4, 2021

Hanuman Jayanti

Bal Hanuman once saw a shiny apple in the sky and flew to eat it. What Hanuman thought was an apple, was in reality sun shining bright…

Apr 28, 2021

Hanuman Jayanti

Apr 28, 2021

Binary myopia

Hiranyakashyap, an asura king was a devout follower of Brahma, and impressed with his austerities, was granted a boon. He wished for…

Mar 31, 2021

Binary myopia

Mar 31, 2021

chirpychutku

chirpychutku

An Indian, grumbling and abjectly failing against the rise of Fascism. Will keep talking against extremism, until the day it is no more relevant

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