Patriarchy in India is not only something men do to women. It is a lesson, taught with love in nearly every home, by fathers, mothers and sisters alike. This essay traces how a boy learns that he comes first, and how men and women can unlearn it together.
Vaichariki: Power & Diplomacy There is an old convention in diplomacy that the most consequential sentence in a joint statement is often the one that is missing from it. Communiques are read the way physicians read X-rays, not for what is visible but for what should have been there and is not. A paragraph on…
When a chokepoint burns and a pipeline falls silent, the ledger tightens for one and loosens for another. A Vaichariki essay asking who truly benefits from crisis, and why the easy answer isn’t always the true one.
The rapid development of artificial intelligence raises concerns about its potential misuse and harms akin to historical dual-use technologies. Executives are calling for collective restraint, fearing unilateral disarmament as technology knows no borders. The challenge is achieving coordinated governance before capabilities exceed wisdom, avoiding catastrophic outcomes that often define past arms races.
वैचारिकी : राजनीतिक टिप्पणी कबीर का यह दोहा तृष्णा की व्याधि पर था – “माया मरी न मन मरा, मर मर गए शरीर, आशा तृष्णा न मरी, कह गए दास कबीर।” पर आज इसे कांग्रेस की वैचारिक यात्रा पर आजमाया जाए तो पंक्तियाँ अजीब तरह सटीक बैठती हैं। सत्ता (माया) कब की छिन चुकी, शरीर यानी…
धर्मराज की उपाधि सिर्फ न्याय से मिलती है, नीति से नहीं। युधिष्ठिर के रूपक में सत्ता, जातीय विभाजन और अत्याचार निवारण अधिनियम के दुरुपयोग पर एक वैचारिकी टिप्पणी।