A couple of weeks ago, as the CAA protests started gathering steam, I tweeted a video from a gathering in Bandra’s Carter Road. It prompted a gentleman on Twitter to label me a “bloody Khalistani”. My name was enough for him to sum up my entire existence. This is what happens when communities are othered and demonised.
The battle over Karunanidhi's burial at Chennai's Marina Beach unfolded in a tense few hours at the Madras High Court. Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi’s final farewells, symphonised by their followers and the state, will now become part of their personal mythology.
Yogi Adityanath is an extreme, hyperbolic endpoint of the world’s love affair with rabble-rousers and strongmen. What else explains the popularity of Duterte and the Donald?
An elaborate dossier on JNU has catapulted the university back into headlines. In the resulting cacophony, we've missed out on how these events filter down to the man on the street.
