On Savarkar and shiny objects
On the politics of distraction and the media's willingness to be distracted
Where Justice goes to die
On February 5, a mundan (ritual shaving of hair) ceremony was conducted for the daughter of mid-level bureaucrat…
“Twas a famous victory”. Wasn’t it?
‘Burn out’ is an actual thing. I learned this the hard way, after writing well over 20,000 words…
This is an Emergency
We live at a time when the government, the ruling party, and its adherents have institutionalised, and weaponised,…
People versus the State
Earlier today there was a hearing at the Tis Hazari court in Delhi, where Judge Kamini Lau sat…
News, views: April 8 edition
Kalpana Sharma, readers’ editor of Scroll.in, asks the media to go beyond the usual ‘Who will you vote…
Fixed ideas
IN 2003 Joan Didion – who I have quoted before, and will likely quote many more times during…
Yeh lo ji, 2G
FIVE years ago, the 2G scam was the centrepiece of the Modi-led BJP’s relentless campaign against the Congress…
When smoke gets in your eyes…
LAST night, for the second night in a row, the commentariat went apeshit about #MainBhiChowkidar. Is that the…
A fable for our times
Two men set off on a journey. One was a chronic liar, the other was a habitual truth-teller.…
