Weed of the year 2021
As we approach the end of a truly awful year, it’s time to announce the Anilodharani Award for the Weed of the Year. We’re sticking to the plant kingdom, otherwise […]
Category Archives: People
Against the grain: Book review
Against the grain: A deep history of the earliest states, by James C Scott, Yale university press, 2017 This book is an electrifying read for a farmer, or anyone who […]
This was my India
This second wave was supposed to be over by now. Instead, it’s getting worse, and worse still is predicted. Sad, sad, sad. And scary. I feel the inadequacy of words […]
The Good Story Project
I got to know Prerna Shah through WP, and have read some lovely posts in her blog, The Banyan Tree and Other Stories. Apart from bonding over cats, she’s fun, […]
Half a cow is better than one
Don’t kill me, gau rakshaks! I mean no disrespect to the cow. And no cows were harmed in the making of this post. But before I come to the story […]
Travel bugged
“There is no happiness for him who does not travel, Rohita! Thus we have heard. Living in the society of men, the best man becomes a sinner… therefore, wander!… The […]
Governments in our age: Haiku
Unanimous, an onymous, pusillani mous: all animus
NaMo joke
RaGa: Want to hear a joke? NaMo: Shoot me now!
A little mill
Some time back, I bought my year’s supply of shikakai. This is such a useful fruit: I use it to wash clothes (handwash only!), dishes, sanitary fittings, and my hair. […]
From gau mata to kozhi putri
Horrifying things have been happening of late in the name of the cow, a fairly harmless, peaceful animal. Indians are supposed to be hung up on the mother figure, hence […]
The Long View 