संघर्ष हमारा नारा है
२०१७ साली मी जवाहरलाल नेहरू विद्यापीठात एमफिल करण्यासाठी दाखल झालो. २०१६ पासून बऱ्याच उलथापालथी तिथे घडून गेल्या होत्या. त्यानंतर जेएनयूच्या वातावरणात उत्तरोत्त...
Category: Life
विजूबाबांच्या निमित्ताने
This is a speech I wrote to be read at the memorial of my uncle Vijaykumar Naik, a theatre maker and mentor, who passed away on 18th January 2024. कामानिमित्त स...
Country with anger issues
Often, I tweet random thoughts and they get shared and liked on twitter in the most unexpected ways. Initially, I used to further engage and clarify my position...
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...
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,...