On Prashant Kishor's impact in Bihar Elections PK is a test case of whether election management (PR, strategy, data, etc) can substitute for politics (social coalitions, political alliances, charisma etc). my piece for Sunday TOI: https://t.co/7mPiqiOUvP

My piece in the Sunday ToI @timesofindia today argues that India should not overreact to the renewed warmth between the United States and Pakistan following Donald Trump’s meeting with Pakistan’s civilian and military leadership. I note that Washington’s outreach to Islamabad

Sunday reading: @rkarnad on #Homebound In an age when tech and media manufacture amnesia, the film remembers, and let's us remember

My article in today’s Times of India on the need for more women judges, and how diversity actually promotes merit.

I write for the Sunday @timesofindia about the purposes the trip to Tianjin & mtg w/ Xi served for India & PM Modi -- but also outline why this is not the emergence of a new order with Delhi substituting China & Russia for the US/west as partners. 1/2

Even as the details of the Nikki Bhati dowry case are still emerging, one thing is clear: her story is no exception, even 64 yrs after prohibition law. We spoke to two dowry survivors. One had 22 surgeries, the other gave up after a draining court battle. #dowry

My op-ed in @timesofindia today on the erasing of feminine heroes from school textbooks Thank you @neelam_raaj

Please believe @notketakidesai if you don't trust me. Today's ed has an excerpt from Arundhati Roy's new book about her mom. I get to feature alongside Chetan Bhagat, whose good looks I've often been compared to, not his writing style, which may be a consolation prize perhaps.🕶️

And the hardest part? Was it the violence? In a way, all that violence really taught me not to be violent. It kind of made me a Gandhian in the kotha, while Gandhi himself was not very accommodating of courtesans. From my Sunday Times interview Link: https://t.co/YBwwqX1LB3

When US tried to open up Indian market through the threat of tariffs in 1989, it led to an year-long standoff between the two. Eventually US backed down. We can glean several insights from looking back at the Super 301 episode, I write in today's TOI. https://t.co/5tQWl0RN3h

I could tell you that a dog doesn't know what your religion is, yet they see god in you every day. @thevirdas writes for Sunday TOI

Thanks to @timesofindia for this opportunity to write a piece on the Keeladi excavations and the politics around archaeology in India. My debut non-fiction book on the same will be out later this year!

Belagavi’s Aequs park makes 7,500 aircraft wheels yearly for Airbus A320s & Boeing 737s, with 100% value-add in India. Supplying giants like Airbus, Boeing, Safran & Honeywell, it’s a key global aerospace hub, proving India can deliver high-precision aviation parts.

For The Times of India, I wrote about Gautam Gambhir’s outburst, exploring how a brief clip swung between elitism and the fantasy of decolonisation. 🔗 on next tweet.

Pliss to check bungalow in the dictionary

In the ToI this morning, talking about #BelieversDilemma.

A 33-second kiss in the #SupermanMovie got chopped by the Indian censor board, leading to a meme fest. But a 2-minute lip-lock back in 1933 rolled uncensored and unapologetic. I look at how (and why) we went from reel freedom to real prudish:

Sharing my opinion piece in @timesofindia. One of the greatest cricket stories seldom told…. https://t.co/IiTfjg1s4Y