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Category: Life

Issues/Life

Aaj Bazaar Mein

Posted on July 6, 2021 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

Rakht-e-dil baandh lo, Dil figaaron chalo Phir hum hi qatl ho aaye yaaro, chalo Aaj Bazaar mein, pa bajolaan chalo – Faiz Ahmed Faiz A few days ago, Manan...

Diary/Life/Travel

Hello from Philadelphia

Posted on April 5, 2021 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

It has been two months since I arrived in Philadelphia, and I have wanted to resume regular blogging about my time here. Not to ‘create content’ or ...

Issues/Life

Periyar and the Politics of Resentment

Posted on September 19, 2020 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

What does it mean to grow up watching systemic oppression unfold onto people around you and not having a vocabulary to denounce/counter/ridicule it? This is wha...

Diary/Life/Uncategorized

The burden of humility

Posted on September 6, 2020 by kaustubh / 1 Comment

In the past two days, I have read two brilliant pieces of writing, Divya Malhari’s blog post on ‘A God of Small Things’ and Prof Suryakant Waghmore’s essay on H...

Diary/Life

On a digital detox

Posted on August 25, 2020 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

I have been contemplating going on a digital detox and cutting down on my social media use off lately. I am compulsively glued to my phone, iPad, and Macbook, a...

Life

A World Without Alito

Posted on December 9, 2019 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

I was first introduced to Prof Alito by Dale, to speak on a panel at Goa University discussing the language conflict in Goa. Though the panel never happened, I ...

Diary/Life

D.D. Kosambi Fellowship

Posted on October 13, 2016 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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,...

Diary/Life/Music/Theatre

Countering hatred

Posted on December 18, 2014 by kaustubh / 0 Comment

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...

Diary/Issues/Life

Privilege, Equality and Caste

Posted on November 16, 2014 by kaustubh / 2 Comments

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...

Diary/Life

Goa 401 to Delhi 6 via Pune 52

Posted on August 2, 2014 by kaustubh / 1 Comment

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...

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