Archive - Tattva

In some personal news, I’m happy to introduce Missing Link, my new column for The Wire, on the social aspects of the events that move India.

Sep 5 •

June 2024

“Aayega toh Modi hi” is a chant ill-suited for limping into power propped up by a capricious Nitish and a self interest driven Chandrababu Naidu.

Jun 5 •

March 2024

Aaron Bushnell and the geopolitics of individual resistance

Aaron Bushnell has ensured that the United States will no longer be able to appropriate individual actions of resistance for their foreign policy…

Mar 3 •

December 2023

November 2023

It's more than TikTok

The Palestinians are reframing liberation as equality, and the West so far has no real answers

Nov 25, 2023 •

October 2023

The past fortnight is a stark reminder that while Palestinian narratives in the west have changed, they have not changed quickly enough to save the…

Oct 22, 2023 •

January 2023

The Daily Harry

In fighting the tabloids, Prince Harry has metamorphosed into a tabloid himself

Jan 12, 2023 •

May 2022

The Rahul Gandhi dilemma

Rahul Gandhi is still treated like royalty in the popular imagination - for the BJP this perception remains useful to exploit.

May 7, 2022 •

November 2021

The rise and the fall of a "New India" poster boy

Two press conferences by Virat Kohli, five years apart, show us that while Kohli hasn't changed much, the right wing in India has moved so far right…

Nov 1, 2021 •

October 2021

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