Aaj Bazaar Mein
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...
Category: Life
Hello from Philadelphia
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 ...
Periyar and the Politics of Resentment
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...
The burden of humility
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...
On a digital detox
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...
A World Without Alito
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 ...
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...
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...