Rituals and Emotions: Notes from the Muharram procession at Kashmere Gate
As the first semester draws to a close, I was taking a stock of events and experiences that I’ve had since I first moved to the city of Delhi in August. The one...
Author: kaustubh
Reads old newspapers and researches on Goan History.
Privilege, Equality and Caste
You cannot help but to upset people when you write about Caste. The reactions to my post on Rajdeep are really interesting and just a reminder that we need to c...
Rajdeep, your caste is showing!
When I moved to Delhi from Pune, one thing I was relieved of was not having to answer condescending Punekars asking me my last name. It’s a “not so subtle” way ...
Notes on Bruce McConachie’s Evolutionary perspective on Play, Performance and Ritual
The paper by Bruce McConachie titled “An Evolutionary perspective on Play, Performance and Ritual” attempts to give how these three categories might have evolve...
Notes on Draupadi – a performance by Kalakshetra (Manipur)
It has been a while since I’ve been wanting to watch Draupadi by Kalakshetra Manipur and glad that finally could manage to watch it at India Habitat Centre. Bas...
For the love of Pune – Must visit eating places in the city
Must visit eating places in Pune. Café Goodluck (Fergusson College Road) – Bun Maska, Irani Chai, Keema Pav, Butter Chicken, Fruit Funny George (Camp) – Chicken...
Goa 401 to Delhi 6 via Pune 52
August 2011, I packed my bags and shifted to Pune to pursue my masters in Computer Sciences thinking that I’ll land up with a plush IT job in Bengaluru or in Pu...
पॅलेस्टाईन
तिथे निरागसतेचा खून चाललाय इथे त्या रक्तसंहाराचं समर्थन चालू आहे निष्पाप जीवांच्या मरणावर टाळ्या पिटणारी येडझवी मानसिकता कुठल्या जिहादापेक्षा कमी नाही आपलं आयुष...
Ghashiram Kotwal never dies
This whole elevation of Amit Shah reminds me of Ghashiram Kotwal all over again. When Modi became PM, I had tweeted that Modi is RSS’ Ghashiram. Now the way Ami...
Notes from Delhi trip
I recently made a short trip to Delhi just for the sake of it. Idea was to meet some friends who’ve been calling me for a while to visit them and visit JNU, NSD...