PinnedOver a year of intermittent bloggingA year ago I wrote the following post — After 75 Days of Regular blogging before reducing the time I allot to regular blogging, politics…Oct 18, 20211Oct 18, 20211
A civilization born in blood : a relook at the final act of ParvaPlease find the earlier review of the same novel i wrote a few years back: Parva: An epic masterpiece — Brown PunditsJul 10, 2024Jul 10, 2024
Greater Magadha: Studies in the Culture of Early IndiaA Fascinating topic touched by Johannes Bronkhorst but eventually it feels to be inadequately argued (also politcally motivated or at times…Feb 1, 2024Feb 1, 2024
Book Review: Wheels of KalachakraIf you want an edge of the seat, pacy, page turning thriller — “Wheels of Kalachakra” is the book for you. It is very difficult to give a…Feb 1, 2024Feb 1, 2024
Book Review: Ancient India, a Culture of ContradictionsOf the 4 books of Dr Upinder Singh i have read, this is arguably the weakest. Firstly it doesn’t add much to the discourse — its largely…Jan 31, 20242Jan 31, 20242
Book Review: लोक माझे सांगातीThis was only the second Autobiography I have read and I enjoyed it a lot. Naturally no one should expect any autobiography to be frank and…Jan 31, 2024Jan 31, 2024
Book Review: India, Bharat and Pakistan — a Not so Gentle ReminderLawyer and author J Sai Deepak is back with the book of his India that is Bharat Quadrology. I had reviewed his first book India that is…Jan 31, 20241Jan 31, 20241
Legacy of the Gupta AgeThe rule of the imperial Guptas is generally considered as a Golden Age or Classical Age of Indian history. Generally arguments for “Golden…Apr 20, 2022Apr 20, 2022
Kashmir Files : Short ReviewI was pleasantly surprised by how effective the movie was in conveying what it started out doing. I had a very low bar after Tashkent…Mar 23, 2022Mar 23, 2022
Posing as a South Asia expert: Brahminical patriarchy edition (Poe’s Law alert)Roots of divergence between Bangladesh and the rest of South AsiaMar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Language & GenesOften while arguing against the Steppe hypothesis which argues that Indo-European languages spread out of Pontic Steppe by pastoralists…Jan 29, 2022Jan 29, 2022
Some miscellaneous points about Indian PrehistoryThis blog post may serve as episode nodes for some points discussed in episode 3 of the History podcast- All about IVC.Jan 10, 2022Jan 10, 2022
Book Review: India that is Bharat — The Good, the Bad and the OverstatedThe early 2010s saw the internet (particularly youtube) filled with “Takedown” videos of famous public intellectuals and debaters of the…Dec 5, 20211Dec 5, 20211
Parva (Marathi): An epic masterpieceParva is with doubt the BEST retelling of Mahabharata I have read. I do not claim to have read all the dozen or so great retellings of the…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
On identifying with the label “Liberal” over “Conservative”This blog post was triggered by a Twitter exchange with Akshay Alladi where he questioned why I identify with the label liberal. A lot of…Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Hindu Integration: Brahmanas and GramadevatasThe pluralism in Hindu thought is often pegged back to the philosophically sophisticated एकं सत् विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति from Rgveda — first…Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Clarifications on my views about the BurqaGiven the responses I received from my previous post, I feel a detailed clarification explaining my stance and reasoning behind it is due.Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Beards, Bigotry and BurqasGrowing up in 90s India, one couldn’t avoid the jovial Sardar caricature in the Entertainment industry. Most Sardars one saw on television…Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
Hindutvavadis are not BhaktsAs an atheist, I don’t appreciate and understand religious leanings especially the spiritual and devotional aspects. But from time to time…Oct 29, 2021Oct 29, 2021
