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Dear TV ‘Historians’, Please Go Read an Actual History Textbook
(First published in The Quint on 22 August 2018 https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/television-historians-tv-debates-hindu-right-wing...
The Invisible Muslim: dissent, media and the crisis of secularism in India
(First published on 23 July 2018 in Cafe Dissensus @ https://cafedissensusblog.com/2018/07/23/the-invisible-muslim-dissent-media-and-the-...
Why Whatsapp is a fundamental progenitor of violence
(First published in Cafe Dissensus on 20 July 2018 @ https://cafedissensusblog.com/2018/07/20/why-whatsapp-is-a-fundamental-progenitor-of...
Narrating the story of ‘Lynchistan’ to the West
(This piece was first published in the Reader's Blog section of The Quint on 17 July, 2018. https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/mob-l...
Padmaavat and the death of ’history’
Large mobs bringing down film posters, vandalizing cinemas and roughing up cinema workers and owners are nothing new in India. Nor are...
Newton: when satire meets “uncomfortable” politics
The film Newton (Director: Amit V Masurkar, 2017, Hindi) is a prime example of the resurgence of low-budget, politically sensitive films...
Why secularism remains the only answer to the Congress’ electoral troubles?
Whether or not the Congress needs to reinvent its core ethos in terms of the practice of secularism has emerged as a point of discussion,...
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