Showing posts from March, 2026

Count Us In

Imagine trying to understand how people live, but choosing to ignore some of them. That’s what m…

What a month!

As a viral meme says, March isn’t over yet, but what a month it’s been. We’re living through the…

Spare The Ships

Countries like Iran, Ukraine, and the US have started attacking cargo ships during conflicts. Th…

Deal, Baby, Deal

Most people alive today were born after 1990. By then, Iran and Israel were already enemies. But…

Cockroach, my friend

We must rethink our fear of the roach   If humans’ deep dislike had the power to wipe it out, th…

The Khaosan cool

An excursion in the time of war By afternoon, the street ceases to exist. Merrymakers swallow it…

Collateral Damage

In wars, it’s usually ordinary people who suffer the most, even though there are rules meant to …

Modi as a Peacemaker? 🤝

Imagine there’s a big fight between powerful countries, and someone needs to step in and help th…

We Got It Worked Out 😀

Many of us prefer reading about exercise, rather than doing it. We also cherrypick bits that sui…

Scary Middle Game

Iran war enters a troubling stage, where most likely outcomes look more destabilising than US pl…

Hubris, Then Nemesis

Being blind to the limits of power, seems to come with the territory of having a lot of it. Look…

Out of the Mouth of Babes

Sometimes the wisest ideas come from children. Two cheerful boys from a village in Tamil Nadu ha…

Indian Poll League

EC’s made the voting schedule tight this time, can parties be tight-fisted with freebies? Dates …

Burning man

How fire helped create humans — and even ChatGPT Some people are worried about gas shortages. Bu…

Bye Churchill, Hi Badger

Not just currency notes, public spaces at large need more homage to wildlife, less to man   It’s…

On All Cylinders

Stopping LPG black market requires commercial supply restoration, market pricing, distributor au…

Escapism Done Right

Feed your brain fine things, the result will be resilience. Feed it junk, you’ll grow sillier by…

The Illusionists

Notes on the VIP varnish of a neighbourhood  The first suspicion was aroused when there was a co…

Primetime Loves Bombs

These are fab seasoning for tall stories and fake news Uncles in the park were more excited than…

Jaw-jaw and war-war

US and Israel jointly attack Iran, but one of them is confused  Donald Trump in a phone conversa…

Worst Kind Of War 

Sometimes, war happens because a country needs to protect its people from being attacked. This i…

Beyond the packaging

Last week, when my 12-year-old daughter visited an ophthalmologist for vision correction, the do…

Questions For Don, Bibi

https://ift.tt/DGwjlu3 US & Israel’s attack may not free Iranians and, worst case, produce a…

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