One of my fondest memories of childhood is the holday we had as a family to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Looking back, I think that trip did a lot to spark my interest in geography, history, and geopolitics. I asked questions like - why does the water look so different here?…
India has been a target of attacks in the Western media and press. If one picks up Reuters, Bloomberg, BBC, The Economist, DW, or Al Jazeera, it would appear that nothing good is happening in India and that it is doomed to fail. Most Indians have started to notice this…
There was a period from around 2017 onwards when Chinese diplomats and spokespersons started answering questions in a very brusque, borderline demeaning way. They were called wolf warriors based on the movie by the same name. This sort of language and demeanour from China became more pronounced when COVID struck…
I visited my parents house after the weekend. I was there to attend a society party. It had been a long time since I last visited. Shifting to my own house, with kids growing up and an ecosystem being built around where I lived, made the visits rarer and rarer.
Language is a fascinating thing. So much of our identity, the way we process the world, the way we communicate, is dependent on it. It shapes our worldview, decides who our friends are, and plays a role in our biases and beliefs. And yet, it would be very rare that…