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A discovery to my Ancestors

A critical view of the origin of Christianity in Kerala 2000 years ago

Mar 29, 2022

A discovery to my Ancestors

Mar 29, 2022

Your Iron Stomach is Just a Pleasant Illusion

6d ago

Your Iron Stomach is Just a Pleasant Illusion

6d ago

Surviving the Broken Toilets of Railway Ticket Examiners

I bypassed a comfortable hotel to sleep in a decaying railway barracks. It was a masterclass in bad decisions, unbroken mildew, and…

May 3

Surviving the Broken Toilets of Railway Ticket Examiners

May 3

How to Survive the Great Indian Accent Trap

We treat a flawless English accent as a sign of genius, forgetting it usually just means the person only knows one way to speak.

May 2

How to Survive the Great Indian Accent Trap

May 2

The Indian Male’s Guide to Ignoring Heart Attacks

We track our heartbeats on smartwatches today, but years ago, our primary medical strategy for a cardiac event was a half-bottle of brandy…

May 1

The Indian Male’s Guide to Ignoring Heart Attacks

May 1

How Not to Interview T.N. Seshan

Twenty years ago, I chased political titans through Gujarat in a rattling jalopy, armed with a clueless reporter and an impending sense of…

Apr 30

How Not to Interview T.N. Seshan

Apr 30

No Factories, No Problem: Kerala Is Just Spain

Swap the sangria for strong tea, and you will realize that Kerala and Spain run on the exact same weird economic engine.

Apr 28

No Factories, No Problem: Kerala Is Just Spain

Apr 28

When a ringing phone belonged to the entire neighbourhood

We survived shared landlines, fake telegrams, and costly pagers, only to surrender our complete privacy for modern, free smart technology.

Apr 27

When a ringing phone belonged to the entire neighbourhood

Apr 27

The Self-Serve Slurp

How I abandoned my grand vision of a DIY convenience store after colliding with India’s harsh cultural and logistical retail realities.

Apr 25

The Self-Serve Slurp

Apr 25

Why Vasco da Gama dodged the 15th-century tax collectors

Staring at a map, you realize Vasco da Gama’s 1497 detour was basically history’s most expensive and longest wet tax avoidance scheme ever…

Apr 24

Why Vasco da Gama dodged the 15th-century tax collectors

Apr 24

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