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The Teen Fact-Checking Network Is Here Again
Now the hard part begins.
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How Not To Decolonise The Indian Mind
Three approaches to decolonisation, compared.
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Father's Mantra: I Am (Not) A Rock
Father's Day musings on the road from masculinity to parenting.
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Praja Dharma In The Age Of Modi 3.0
6 stories of dissent, inquiry and accountability from India's scriptures, literature and folk traditions.
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Hello, I'm back!
Stuff I've been thinking about and readers I've met.
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Gandhi The Muslim
A birth anniversary special in which I address misinformation regarding Gandhi. Part 1 of 2.
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The ZNMD Effect
Celebrating a mainstream Bollywood film's treatment of masculinity.
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