What work could I undertake during these years, that would fulfill my life, that would enable me to pay back the debt owed to my motherland, and to serve my fellow men ever so little...
Dear fellow Indians, let me tell you a story you think you already know. You think India gained independence in 1947. You think we're a sovereign nation making our own choices. You think democracy is working for us and that our Constitution protects us, that our institutions serve
Editorial
You thought you were smart. You navigated the labyrinth of Indian bureaucracy and the soul-crushing competition. You aced your entrance exams, and you landed on Western shores with a shiny new H-1B visa. You were the golden child, the escapee, the one who made it. And then, in a elegant
Editorial
We are told that India threw off the colonial yoke in 1947, built a vibrant democracy, and developed an independent press that speaks truth to power. We love telling ourselves this story. It makes us feel good about our post-colonial journey, our intellectual evolution, our hard-won sovereignty. Except—It'
Thought
We are told that as Hindus, we must focus on universal brotherhood because all paths lead to the divine. Thus we should not create animosity where there is opportunity for dialogue. Which means not discussing documented temple demolitions. No dates, no locations or archaeological evidence shall be mentioned because it
Editorial
I had not expected that grief would be so disorienting. The experts speak of 'stages'—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance—as if loss was a metro line with clearly marked stops. They do not mention that you will Google 'how to feel normal again' at 3
Theology
The bhakta creates the god. When someone has a profound spiritual experience, they generate divine presence through the intensity of their devotion. The god doesn't exist first, waiting to be discovered. The god emerges from the devotional attention itself. Watch a devotee in deep bhakti toward Ishvara. That
Dear Hindu Atheists, What the hell are you actually doing? Seriously. I need to understand the mental gymnastics required to be born into the only religious tradition in human history that literally has a place for atheists and still feel the need to reject it entirely. It's like
Thought
Nowadays, some "well-meaning" persons are repeating the rhetoric that Sri Krishna's teachings are "universal" and so his connection to India is just cultural packaging we should look past. They take Sri Krishna's wisdom, file off all the "cultural stuff," and
Editorial
Tell me if you nod along with any of this: Pakistan is a struggling democracy, victim of colonial legacy, fighting terrorism while managing complex regional dynamics. Western foreign policy experts make sense when they talk about "strategic partnerships." Indian liberals have a point about "people-to-people connections"
Thought
August 15th is not a day for celebration. It's a day for paying attention. We turn 1947 into a morality play—bad people did bad things, good people tried their best, everyone learned important lessons about tolerance. Case closed, problem solved. Except we are ignoring the instruction manual
Editorial
Dear defender of the faith. You think you're seeking truth, don't you? You've got your worldview all mapped out—your beliefs about God, politics, human nature, whatever gets you through the day. You've built yourself a nice little ideological fortress, and you
If you actually look at how wealth moved through Hindu societies, you find something that doesn't fit the usual categories i.e capitalism, socialism, feudalism etc. No slavery. No serfdom. No systematic extraction of tribute from conquered peoples. Every other major civilization we know of today was built