The Lack of Imagination

While the reactions have ranged between immediate and utterly delayed, what has stood out is a clear lack of imagination.

Defining Nationhood

Land and space are inanimate things. People, on the other hand, are living beings. When we say we are protecting India, shouldn't our first order of business be to protect the people rather than the land on which a border was drawn?

The Immorality of Social Distancing

What about the lives that will be lost you ask? Well, the only choice we really have is not if lives will be lost but which lives are lost?

What is Citizenship?

Over time, citizenship by birth became the accepted norm in most civilized society. Contrast this to societies that tried to define citizenship through ancestry; Nazi Germany, and most Arab states come to mind. Using lineage to define citizenship is a one-way ticket to some of the most horrible excesses in history.

Why the CAA/NRC is not just silly but dangerous

The last time a country did this, we ended up with what was termed by the perpetrators as the "final solution" and the rest of the world as the "holocaust".

Rape and the Grammar of Anarchy

The recent rape and murder of a young veterinary doctor on the outskirts of Hyderabad has brought to the fore, once more, the anger and frustrations of the people about the safety of women in our country. In response, it is common to hear people say that they would like to hang (or in this case, burn) the perpetrators of this heinous crime.

How the Shepherd Tames the Flock

News of the dismissal of Sister Lucy of the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC) came as quite a shock to me. She is one of the faces of the protests against Bishop Franco Mullakal. The case against the bishop is in court and he has been granted bail while the courts deliberate on whether he is …

To Question or Not To Question

Any rights that the legislature, executive and judiciary have is given (loaned) to them by the people. In such a set up, it is the right of the people to ask questions and the duty of the three arms to answer those questions.

Changing Minds

By letting other points of view into my space, I found that my feeds became a lot more interesting and engaging.

A Tale of Two Stories

An article on the website Moms, Study Shows That Kids Get Their Smart Brains From Their Moms presents itself as an argument in support of women. I am sure that the writer Kelli Murray must have even felt she was empowering women through this article. The Hidden Brain podcast has an interesting episode this week …

Do I Dislike Modi?

I am asked this question so many times that I am tired of answering it repeatedly. So here is a one-time response. Not liking someone’s policies does not mean I dislike the person. It just means I dislike the policy. In the same vein, just because I dislike someone, it doesn’t automatically mean I dislike …

The church v/s the cycling club

All around the world, church leaders lament the reducing number of people attending church. Anecdotally I see the same with Hinduism. To understand this phenomenon, we need to look at the role of the church in our communities. Two generations ago, it was rare for a person to leave his place of birth and move …