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...
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
Editorial
Dear atheists. I get it. I really do. You figured out Santa Claus was not real around age eight, and you've been applying that same ruthless logic to everything since. God? Mythology. Soul? Brain chemistry. Meaning? Human construct. Purpose? Evolutionary accident. You've stripped away the comforting
Decolonize
The pattern is everywhere once you start looking. Indian "progressives" erupt over century old colonial atrocities in Canada. Land acknowledgments get retweeted. Cultural genocide gets named and shamed. The civilizing mission gets exposed for what it was—systematic destruction dressed up as salvation. Then silence. Complete radio silence
Dharma
When it comes to Hindu philosophy there's no such thing as separation. At least, not in the way we typically think about it. You, me, that tree outside your window, the argument you had with your neighbor last Tuesday—all of it threads through the same cosmic fabric.
Editorial
People without roots don't fight back. That's why they cut yours. You think losing your culture happened naturally? You think forgetting your family's stories, abandoning your traditions, and feeling ashamed of your ancestors' ways is just "progress"? Wake up. This was
Decolonize
Your friend mentions she's finally reading the Bhagavad Gita. You ask what sparked the interest. "Oh, this professor at NYU kept referencing it in her philosophy course. Made it sound so profound." But she's Hindu. Born in Delhi. Grew up with these stories. Yet
Editorial
The common belief is that karma is some cosmic justice. Some divine scoreboard where bad people get their comeuppance and good people win lottery tickets. You've probably nodded along to this sanitized, Westernized idiocy while sipping your 'chai tea', thinking karma works like some celestial court
Thought
The greatest trick a religion ever pulled was convincing people it wasn't a religion at all. Walk into any drawing room in Delhi, Mumbai, or Bangalore and mention you're proud of India's Hindu heritage. Watch the temperature drop. See the sudden interest in phones,
Dharma
Someone checks their phone and sees a friend's vacation photos. Nothing dramatic—just standard social media fare. Beach, sunset, cocktail with a tiny umbrella. But instead of scrolling past, they stop. They start calculating. How much did that trip cost? How did they get the time off? Why
Editorial
Your cousin gets into Harvard. The whole family shares the Facebook post. Your aunt calls everyone she knows. Banners are put up. And you feel it too - that swell of pride, that sense of "we made it." But here's what you don't realize
You've probably seen it. A Western pundit on Twitter, hand-wringing about "the dangerous rise of nationalism" after seeing footage of Indian students celebrating their country's space mission. An op-ed warning about "authoritarian nationalism" in Vietnam for not adopting Western-style democracy fast enough.