The Climate of Conservatism
Every day we hear about how Republicans deny climate change and how their racism drives their immigration policies. What if…
Food for Thought
Photo by Swaminathan Jayaraman on Unsplash Cognitive Humanities For the longest time I have been thinking of a non-existent set…
Back to the Future
By UY Scuti (Photo taken during my rail-fanning session.) [GFDL () or CC BY-SA 3.0 ()], via Wikimedia Commons Thoughts…
The Adventures of Vatman
Aren’t straight lines boring? I have been zagging about climate change, animal rights and other planetary calamities for several months.…
Hard Laddoo Politics and the Viagra of History
Most people I know have a whatsapp story to tell of that deranged uncle or classmate who simultaneously believes that…
Preschooling Society: Part One
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash Everyone says we live in a knowledge society. What they really mean is we…
Lynchings are acts of terror
If you’re Indian you know this already and if you aren’t you may not care, but in this note, I…
Epistrons: The Design of Knowledge
I love and hate philosophy in equal measure; love it for its sustained engagement with abstract concepts and universal arguments…
The Indian Anthropocene
Photo by Bibhu Behera on Unsplash When we think of the ABCs of the future, we usually think of western…
First Among Equals
There’s something about Elon Musk that really bothers me — I can deal with your ordinary robber baron without any problems, but…