Disclaimer: As this post deals with an academic discussion on the Swastika symbol, I have included various images containing Swastika below. If you are repulsed by the symbol or do not like to look at it, please consider yourself warned. Also, for the same reason, this post is NSFW. Growing up in India, I had … Continue reading Whatâs in a name? That which we call a Swastika, isn’t exactly a symbol of hate
A good, wide-ranging interview with Romila Thapar   (original link is broken, I am not sure what it was, but this video is around the same time (and i posted another one below this post) I did have a few random thoughts of FB and just copy and paste them here. Not well formulated, but you may … Continue reading
After our discussion on industrialisation in India, I began to wonder: if the Earth were one country, one government, one infrastructure grid, one economy, where would its industrial heart lie? Geographically, the answer is obvious. The natural centre of the world, for energy, labour, and trade routes, isnât London, New York, or Beijing. Itâs the … Continue reading The Earthâs Lost Industrial Heart
When BahĂĄâuâllĂĄh wrote that every word of the QurâÄn bears meaning and intention, he was reminding us that revelation, properly read, resists reduction. Scripture, like language itself, is alive; it breathes, it hesitates, it renews. Yet somewhere between the living word and the legislated code, the hijab became a symbol, of modesty, of defiance, of … Continue reading Hijab: Between Revelation and Regulation
Iâve been busy, but I canât shake the feeling that weâre living through the beginning of a new world. It was acute with the SCO summit; not just through the headlines, but the atmospherics. The handshakes, the body language, the ease. Itâs the kind of thing that barely registered in Western media, but Modiâs presence, … Continue reading Trump Has Birthed Eurasia
I was riffling through the comments and my jaw dropped when Kabir claimed Hinduphobia doesnât exist. It struck me as both historically and emotionally tone-deaf. I didnât respond at the time, but Iâve been reflecting on it since. Let me say upfront: Hinduphobia does exist. It may not always manifest in overt violence or systemic … Continue reading Hinduphobia Exists, But Pakistan Was Not Born from It
This post is a continuation of my Introduction to Accelerationism. The goal of this project is to explore Accelerationist Philosophy (with an emphasis on the work of Nick Land) and explain it from a Hindu perspective with an exegetical and comparative focus on the Vedas, ItihÄsas, and Tantras, among other traditional Hindu texts. Technocapital Singularity … Continue reading Meltdown BhÄáčŁya: Verse 1.1.1 (Part 1.1)
From my Substack:Â When Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, he was comparatively little-known. I must confess that I had never heard of him. This is despite the fact that I am an ardent fan of English literature and am also deeply interested in issues of colonialism. I have read most … Continue reading Review: Desertion by Abdulrazak Gurnah
Over the past few months, Iâve noticed a marked improvement in the quality of conversation on BP. A large part of this, I suspect, is due to eliminating trigger-response dynamics; as seen when I barred Q on a technicality. It created space: suddenly, the commentariat was thinking, not reacting. In that quiet, something became obvious. … Continue reading Why Pakistan Is a Colonial Project & India a Civilizational One
Across India, discussions about demographics are charged with questions of destiny and identity. In the Hindi belt, particularly in UP and Bihar, the focus often turns to birth rates between Hindus and Muslims, a dynamic sometimes referred to as a “cradle race.” This term reflects deeper concerns about societal balance, yet paradoxically, it also influences … Continue reading Demographic Destiny: Power and Identity in India
