Known Turf

Something has been changing and yet, what has? I write this in the context of my involvement with Blank Noise and my experience of having l...

Here is a piece I did for Valentine's Day and here is where it appeared . We no longer understand. Those of us who were nourished on a c...

This is a Rs 14,296-crore (Rs 142.96 billion) scam and the Gujarat government has no right to 'donate' public wealth to a private pl...

Had been in a taxi recently and ended up feeling quite literally as if I'd been taken for a ride. The taxi driver told me he'd agree...

'The only chance I see of a temple being built here (Ayodhya) is when Rahul Gandhi becomes prime minister.” I was perplexed by his expec...

Odd term, this. Indigenous. It means native. Natural. Innate. Those who belong to a place. And in this world of ours, those who belong, thos...

If anyone had any doubt that real life was way more outlandish, unbelievable, and crazily political than anything any writer or filmmaker co...

Tried wrapping up the protesting year that just whooshed past. It appeared here . Let me begin this with a confession: I’m a bit of a joiner...

Did you realise that the price of tomatoes is up nearly 500 % (at least in some cities in India)? Also, did you know that India's daily ...

Some mornings, I begin to believe that there is something to be said for cable television, after all. When the newspaper doesn't arrive ...

Am headed south for some poetry and stuff. If any of you are in those places, please do come. Bring friends. Pass the word on to others who ...

I have spoken of two violent incidents in parts of the country where tribals live, and which are supposed to have a naxal problem. But it is...

And speaking of social activists in tribal areas, in the naxal context, here's another note from Imran Ali, a law officer with the Human...

This is something I have received as a press note in the mail. I cannot claim to have investigated the matter, but I found it surprising tha...

Poison breath, poison blood Poison milk, poison mud Poison pump, poison tap Poison in your mama's lap Eyes of milk, limbs askew Dow chil...

Because you are Bhopali too . In wanting justice. In wanting wrongs to be righted. In wanting that people don't just shrug and look away...

It has become a bit of a ritual for me. At least once a year, I like going to film festivals and gorging on art until it leaves you feeling ...

What can I say? When the fourth estate, the sturdiest pillar of democracy cuts away not just at its own roots but also hacks at the constitu...

This is out. It was first published in Italian, and titled 'India'. Now it has been untranslated and published as 'India Shin...

Wrote this poem a couple of years ago, in response to a photo and a brief news item about the police opening fire upon a group of protesting...