Here are some examples of my writings over the years. Nothing too systematic or chronological, but a repository.
Countercurrents
The many uses of Aurangzeb - 09/04/2025
Deliverance and Divergence – Dr. Ambedkar’s bold retelling of the Buddha story - 14/04/2024
Fifty degrees in Delhi and the Man from Darbhanga - 31/05/2024
The “historic comeback” of Donald Trump – Shock and Awe - 14/11/2024
The fierce and unbending spirit of the pro-Palestine campus protests in the US - 08/05/2024
Journeys to Gaza – with Mahmoud Darwish and Joe Sacco - 24/10/2023
Dr. Ambedkar and Buddham Sharanam - 14/10/2023
The Israeli moral posturing in the Hamas-Israel confrontation - 16/10/2023
Pathogens, Pandemics, Protests – and The Dialectical Biologist - 18/06/2020
Police Brutality – Theirs and Ours - 12/06/2020
The Killing Of George Floyd And The Long History Of Police Brutality In The US - 03/06/2020
The Deaths of Migrant Workers in India - 22/05/2020
Live and Let Die – The new mantra of learning to live with the virus - 01/06/2020
Hubris, Chutzpah and the United States : Covid-19 and treading the thin ice of American Individualism - 05/05/2020
May The First and the Force be with you - 01/05/2020
Sabrang India
A sacrifice most unfair - April 27, 2020
Reading Dr. Ambedkar’s Who Were The Shudras - April 14, 2020
Velivada
Continuing Dalit and African-American Engagement With Each Other’s Struggle
Misc
From Bhopal to the Bayous - The Raging Pelican
Cafe Dissensus
Poem: ‘Ganga Aamar Ma’ – Ganga is my mother - June 15, 2021
Delhi, smoke overspreads your soul, once again - May 11, 2021
Life lessons in class realities from the migrant ‘subaltern’ - June 8, 2020
Poem: Taking a Knee for George Floyd - May 31, 2020
Poem: They say train tracks sing of home - May 15, 2020
Poem: I am almost home, baba - April 23, 2020
Covid-19 and the Unfierce Urgency of Now - April 19, 2020
The Soul of India abides in the Sole of India - April 6, 2020
India New England News (INE), Boston
I started my freelance journalism career with INE. I do not have links of my pieces as the website has changed a lot but I remember most of the topics/issues I covered - in no particular order, presented below -
Madras Courier
Blues: The Ballads Of Oppression, Protests & Power - Jun 22 2020
Navigating The "New Normal" Through Philosophy - May 28, 2020
Coronavirus - The reign of the Undead - April 20, 2020
Why Indian Cinema Needs to Innovate - April 10, 2020
Fear of Lions - March 13, 2020
The Wire/LiveWire
Breathing While Black: The Virus of Racism - May 29, 2020
I’m Almost Home, Baba - April 23, 2020
Racism and COVID-19: Remembering ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’ - April 02, 2020
What Dr Ambedkar’s 'Who Were the Shudras?' Tells Us About the Sacred Books of Hinduism - April 14, 2020
Kafila -
Playing the subaltern – Irrfan Khan as the migrant worker in Mumbai Meri Jaan - 07/05/2020
Hindi/Junputh
वेनेज़ुएला का असफल तख्तापलट और चावेज़ का अधूरा सपना - Jun 24 2020
“एक अश्वेत दास के लिए 4 जुलाई क्या मायने रखती है?” फ्रेडरिक डगलस का ये सवाल आज भी जिंदा है! - July 4 2020
पोर्टलैन्ड के आंदोलन से क्या “दलित लाइव्स मैटर” के लिए हम कुछ रोशनी ले सकते हैं? - July 26, 2020
महमूद दरवेश: कौन नहीं रो पड़ा था जिसकी मौत पर एक गैर-मुल्क में हुए कविता-पाठ में! - Aug 9, 2020
पहलगाम और ‘मुंबई मेरी जान’ के उस सीन का एक अदद पैगाम! - April 29, 2025
धम्म-बुद्ध और धर्म-युद्ध : अहिंसा की पीठ पर लदी हिंसा की चेष्टाएं - May 13, 2025
Deccan Herald
Black & White, North & South: Americans show the way - Jun 06 2020
Students vs State - May 25 2024