Tag: history

  • The Cockroach Republic and Dalda Nationalism

    The Cockroach Republic and Dalda Nationalism

    A sharp, satirical look at August 15: beyond the blaring loudspeakers, stale laddus, and rehearsed patriotism lies the urgent need for true, questioning independence of mind.

  • Folded History Of an Unfolded Flag.

    Folded History Of an Unfolded Flag.

    We salute the Tiranga with impeccable ceremony, yet forget the people who created it. Patriotism begins not with rituals, but with remembering Pingali Venkayya and Surayya Tyabji.

  • One Step for Man A Leap for Mankind.

    One Step for Man A Leap for Mankind.

    Humanity reached the Moon in 1969—but the greatest leap wasn’t just technological. It expanded our imagination, reshaped possibility, and reminds us every giant leap begins small.

  • Ayyappa Didn’t Need a Flag.

    Ayyappa Didn’t Need a Flag.

    “While modernity argues over flags, Mohini shape-shifts, Ayyappa shrugs, Bahuchara Mata blesses, and a disgruntled rainbow hires a copyright lawyer.” 🌈

  • Podcast Episode: Dreams, Museums, And Monsoons

    Pip: Parwatisingari's Weblog is running a full diagnostic on the human interior — dreams, mirrors, chakras, and museums where the exhibits stare back harder than you do. Mara: That's the territory parwatisingari is covering: the surreal logic of dreams set in Goa, a monsoon-season reckoning with adaptation and healing, and what museums quietly do to…

  • Communication Shifts

    Communication Shifts

    In war, words don’t disappear—they disguise themselves; silence grows louder, rumours grow wiser, and people master the fine art of saying everything without meaning anything.