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...
Thought
Congress isn't a political party. It's a mindset. A way of thinking about power that jumps from body to body, decade to decade, century to century. The pret atma—the wandering spirit—of Indian politics. In 1947 the leaders had a choice. Stand on principle or
Editorial
Dear America, We need to talk. You think you're the good guys, don't you? You believe your government spreads democracy, fights terrorism, and makes the world safer. You've been told that your relationship with unsavory characters is regrettable but necessary—the price of operating
Dharma
You buy a $500 Breville (a fancy coffee machine) because you think it'll make your mornings better. For the first week, it does. Perfect espresso, exactly the right temperature, that satisfying hiss of steam. You wake up looking forward to that first cup. The machine sits on your
Thought
The pattern reveals itself everywhere once you start looking. Group A declares Group B their enemy. Group B, instead of rejecting this entirely, accepts the frame and spends decades trying to prove they're the good version of what Group A claims to hate. Group A moves the goalposts
Theology
The photos showed up in my WhatsApp last week. A friend visiting a meditation 'ashram' in the backwaters, except the guru wasn't Hindu—he was a Father Smith, saffron robes and all, teaching "Christian meditation" to a room full of cross-legged Indians seeking enlightenment.
Dharma
You've been trained your entire life to look for the single right answer. One God. One book. One prophet. One path to salvation. The structure is clear, the hierarchy is fixed, the questions are settled. Abraham's children—Jews, Christians, Muslims—all share this fundamental assumption: there&
Who gets to tell the story of Hindu society ? Anyone but Hindus. Hindus have two big problems. The first problem: They're portrayed incorrectly. The second problem: When they try to correct it, no one listens. It's not an accident. It's how colonial powers maintain
Editorial
Dear Western mind, let me guess what happened when you first tried to understand India. You pulled out your map of the world. Clean borders, color-coded countries, everything in its proper place. Developed nations in blue, developing ones in yellow. Religious societies over here, secular ones over there. Traditional cultures
Orientalism didn't just appear out of thin air. It was born in the halls of European academia, a child of colonial ambition and intellectual curiosity. European scholars, driven by a mix of genuine interest and imperial motives, turned their gaze eastward. They studied languages, pored over ancient texts
Sanatana Dharma isn't just a collection of texts or philosophical ideas. It's a living tradition that breathes through the millions who practice it daily. The rituals, festivals, temples and community structures of Hindu society aren't separate from the dharma—they're its physical
Dharma
Have you ever stood at the edge of the ocean and watched a single wave approach the shore? This one particular wave with its own shape, its own rhythm, its own moment of rising and crashing. It seems completely distinct from every other wave around it. Yet that wave is
Editorial
The inside story of how Washington turned Europe into its concubine without firing a shot. The first rule of the Great Energy Heist is: you do not talk about the Great Energy Heist. The second rule is: Europe doesn't get to have cheap energy anymore. There is one