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The Kumbh Mela and what it showed me about modern India

It is strikingly odd to open an article about the most sacred purification Hindu ritual in 144 years with a scene in a toilet at Prayagraj…

Feb 27

The Kumbh Mela and what it showed me about modern India

Feb 27

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And the Gold Medal goes to Tom Friedman… for predicting the Paris Olympics

In 2005, American political commentator and author Tom Friedman wrote a book called The World is Flat. It talked about how technological…

Aug 8, 2024

And the Gold Medal goes to Tom Friedman… for predicting the Paris Olympics

Aug 8, 2024

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North is north and South is South

An unbridgeable gap in the same country?

Nov 18, 2022

North is north and South is South

Nov 18, 2022

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36 Hailey Road

A story about the strange shapes of love and loss

Oct 25, 2023

36 Hailey Road

Oct 25, 2023

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Mother in black and white

It is hard to see in this very posed photograph what my mother was thinking. The photographer had probably placed his camera at what he…

Apr 15, 2023

Mother in black and white

Apr 15, 2023

Snakes and Ladders : the uneven ascent of women

Another International Women’s Day. Another two meals to be cooked. Another four beds to be made. Another load of washing to carry…

5d ago

Snakes and Ladders : the uneven ascent of women

5d ago

What’s a girl like you doing in a film like this?

2024: The year we welcomed back real women to Bollywood

Dec 16, 2024

What’s a girl like you doing in a film like this?

Dec 16, 2024

The Last of the Summer Line

Let’s give Mona Lisa, the Milkmaid and the Madonna better facilities

Sep 18, 2024

The Last of the Summer Line

Sep 18, 2024

Writing is dead. Long live blogging.

Blogging is not writing. Not in the deeply considered, painstakingly researched, repeatedly-read sense, that I consider good writing to be…

Jun 24, 2024

Writing is dead. Long live blogging.

Jun 24, 2024

International Sisters

We cannot afford another lost generation

Mar 8, 2024

International Sisters

Mar 8, 2024

Vinati Sukhdev DCI Stanford fellow & author

Vinati Sukhdev DCI Stanford fellow & author

Astute observer of the world. Unapologetically Indian. My spicy take on cinema, society, social media, current topics. I am not always right but I write always!

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