Jivi Sethi and an undelivered postcard
This is in May 2017. I was scheduled to travel to Lisbon for a conference. The invite came almost at the last moment and I had to organize my travel within two ...
Category: Diary
Reading Pessoa
This is no critical take on Pessoa. I have not even read him exhaustively but I am increasingly falling in love with his writing so much that I want to expedite...
D.D. Kosambi Fellowship
I have been awarded the D.D. Kosambi Research Fellowship by the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa for the year 2016-2018. Under this fellowship,...
Countering hatred
Past few days have been really busy as our new Marathi play, Jatharaanal, enters final leg of rehearsals. A satirical critic of totalitarian state where the kin...
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 ...
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...
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...