Moving to Mumbai
Shifting cities to be with my girlfriend was a fraught exercise
Harper's Bazaar India / October 2016 / [Pdf , 38.1 KB]
reporting, commentary, reviews
Shifting cities to be with my girlfriend was a fraught exercise
Harper's Bazaar India / October 2016 / [Pdf , 38.1 KB]
An essay exploring the cultural impact of the tournament
The Cricket Monthly / April 2016
A profile of the cricketers Irfan and Yusuf Pathan
The Cricket Monthly / December 2015
Examining how BJP leaders use language after the Dadri lynching
Indian Express / March 2015
A report on the Statue of Unity and the unique space Vallabhbhai has come to occupy in Gujarat
Mint Lounge / April 2015
ISIS speaks the language of Sunni supremacy, and it is this that appeals to some young Indian Muslims.
Scroll / July 2014
Why is it that some Indian Muslims support Pakistan during cricket matches?
Mint Lounge / March 2014
A review of Rana Dasgupta's sprawling account of Delhi's encounter with global capitalism.
Mint Lounge / January 2014
For Mint's year-end issue, a piece on how paid political posts are killing social media.
Mint Lounge / December 2013
The BJP's stance on homosexual love is not surprising
Mint / December 2013
An in-depth examination of spiralling Drug Resistance in TB
The Caravan / October 2012
My response to an edit by Chetan Bhagat that he wrote in the voice of an Indian Muslim
Livemint / July 2013
The media assumption that Delhi is an outlier wrt rape is fallacious & harmful
Livemint / December 2012
A profile of Mohammad Aamer, a young man imprisoned for 14 years on trumped-up 'terror' charges
Sunday Guardian / February 2012
On India's World Cup final victory over Sri Lanka
Sunday Guardian / April 2011
On a Jat attack on a Balmiki basti in Mirchpur, Haryana
Sunday Guardian / May 2010
On media reactions to the IPL's spot-fixing problem
Firstpost / May 2013
Remembering MF Husain
Sunday Guardian / June 2011
On India's 65th Independence Day, a look at how we think of ourselves
Sunday Guardian / August 2012
Review: Jerry Pinto's Em and the Big Hoom
Sunday Guardian / May 2012
A visit to Jaipur Literature Fest
Sunday Guardian / January 2012
Review: Mohammed Hanif's Our Lady of Alice Bhatti
Sunday Guardian / September 2011
Review: Rahul Pandita's Our Moon Has Blood Clots
Sunday Guardian / February 2013
Amid the Mamata-bashing, examining embedded privilege
Sunday Guardian / March 2012
On attempts to censor the Internet in India
Sunday Guardian / December 2011
A report on the strike at the Maruti plant in Manesar
Sunday Guardian / September 2011
F1 is a travelling tamasha
Sunday Guardian / October 2011
Bhutan and its stinted search for modernity
Sunday Guardian / June 2011
Language as an indicator of societal patterns
Sunday Guardian / July 2011
Review: Manu Joseph's Serious Men
Sunday Guardian / November 2010
A report on a low-caste community in Bihar struck by encephalitis
Rediff / June 2009
An edit following the Maoist kidnap of District Collector Vineel Krishna
Sunday Guardian / February 2011
A travel piece from a visit to the United States, during Obama's first term
Covert / June 2009
A report from Sunder Nagari, a resettlement colony in New Delhi
Covert / May 2009
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