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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…

2 min readMar 16, 2022

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chirpychutku

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…

2 min readJan 6, 2022

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chirpychutku

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…

2 min readSep 21, 2021

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A tale of immovable tail

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chirpychutku

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…

3 min readAug 3, 2021

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chirpychutku

Ignorance is not bliss!

Why Indian Americans cannot afford to brush off casteism anymore.

3 min readAug 1, 2021

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chirpychutku

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…

2 min readJun 12, 2021

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chirpychutku

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…

2 min readMay 24, 2021

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Yet another mosque demolished!

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chirpychutku

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…

3 min readMay 4, 2021

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The King’s dharma

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chirpychutku

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…

2 min readApr 28, 2021

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Hanuman Jayanti

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chirpychutku

Binary myopia

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

3 min readMar 31, 2021

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Binary myopia

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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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