The Swarm and the Mountain – On outrage, cockroaches, and the slow work that no hashtag can do
Mountain people learn to distrust a certain kind of weather. The wind that picks up out of nowhere. The sky…
World Press Freedom Index – A Worthy Cause, A Flawed Yardstick !!
Every spring, one number travels around the world faster than the report that produced it. Reporters Without Borders publishes its…
Before You Judge India, Read the Whole Book: Press Freedom, Human Rights, and the Asymmetry of Scrutiny.
To Understand India, You Must First Unlearn the Idea of a Country There is a particular kind of question that…
Cambodia Is Safe to Travel: A Journey Through History, Humanity, and Heart
Cambodia often arrives in conversations wrapped in hesitation. Questions about safety, borders, and past conflicts surface quickly. My recent traveling…
Gopal Patha: Calcutta’s Street General in a City on Fire
Time has a way of erasing many characters, leaving them buried in the sands of history until someone chooses to…
Direct Action Day: Blood on the Streets of Calcutta and the Shadow in the Film The Bengal Files
History is not always written with ink. Sometimes it is written with fire, with blood, and with screams that echo…
Wars and Barbarism: A Journey from Bravery to the Holocaust
From the time we are children, stories of war, conquests, and campaigns ignite a strange curiosity. Names like Alexander, Napoleon,…
Don’t Boycott Kashmir – Stand With It, Stronger Than Ever
The recent tragic attack in Kashmir has left the nation heartbroken. The pain is deep, the anger is real, and…
When Humanity Drowns in the Lidder River – A reflection on Pahalgam, Identity, and the slow death of humanity
I was never asked to memorize slokas. Never forced to fold my hands before a deity. My identity as a…