Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ

Literature, Books, God, Unicorn.

For the marginalized.

Life goal: To have a decent Wikipedia page and delete this X account.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@BeckyLTuch @fischermichael0 Narrative was charging similar amounts over 15 years ago.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

You Need to Go Offline to Read Anurag Minus Verma’s Book

The book argues how India lacks comparable informational, creative, and intellectual sustenance for ordinary people.

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https://t.co/s4Z7EwPXw6

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@BeckyLTuch Also…

Dear writers,

Our lit-mag strongly encourages submissions from those marginalized by gender, class, sexuality, race, ethnicity, nationality, politics, unemployment, bankruptcy etc.

N.B. — As long as you have some connection to an American university MFA program.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@ProfRavikantK "...the coming together of Savarna spokespersons across ideological lines..."

This fiasco shows how "Savarna" power operates through the legal, cultural and academic institutions it controls.

Rightist goons, lefty-liberal-Gandhians - all on the same page, actively or silently.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@ProfRavikantK @surajyengde and Ravikant. If possible, please submit an 800-word fact-based opinion piece for Conversation. They require submitters be from affiliated universities.

Suraj has submitted a piece for them before. You might co-write it.

https://t.co/0hfNBp9nYV

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

Delighted to have this article published on Scroll on the current state of Hindi literature.

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Today, while most young Indians chase professional degrees at IITs and IIMs for high-paying jobs, the reading and production of literature has become highly professionalised within academia. The same phenomenon affects Hindi literature.

https://t.co/MhShKkKuuO

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[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@ProfRavikantK @the_hindu Pretty nice.

Arguably the first English-language book from a mainstream publisher to examine Indian popular culture through a Dalit-Bahujan lens - the 75% of India.

@confusedvichar’s book is a worthy follow-up.

Took too long, though. It’s bloody 2025!

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@confusedvichar Cheers for the update. I got my copy - was waiting for the Kindle.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@confusedvichar This essay also tells you why Virat Kohli is raising his kids in London.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@confusedvichar Happy to see this published & also concerned.

"It is my first winter as the father of a baby girl. Her presence should be a source of unbridled joy, but it brings a new layer of anxiety over what the air pollution is doing to her still developing organs..."

Take care, Delhi.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

My review of David Cohen's biography of Jacinda Ardern speaks for itself.

That said, this Vaccine Knight called me a "lefty writer" reviewing a book about "a lefty politician".

The ironies in this whole comment are worth a chuckle.

https://t.co/ce3QSaheCS

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@thecaravanindia Great headline - “Swami Tharoor” !

Politicised & commercialised religion has made spirituality dull and distorted.

Meera Nanda’s God Business (2011) is a solid intro, though dated: https://t.co/tJlhHTLTYK

If I may, here’s my piece (ABC/Scroll): https://t.co/qdGHpCpFXy

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This episode serves as a stark reminder that the politicisation of religion is intensifying in the age of social media, making our world an increasingly intolerant and dangerous place for ethnic, religious and gender minorities. https://t.co/WPwfjoZWqH

✍️ @WriterRajiv

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Weaponising Christian identity for the purposes of disharmony, slander or prejudice is blasphemy against the teachings of Christ.

https://t.co/Py1DmaTx12

Over against the opportunism of populists like JD Vance & Hindu nationalists, we need to reclaim the universal and humane core of religion.

✍️Rajiv Thind

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Here’s my piece on J.D. Vance, Usha Chilukuri Vance, and the social media wars of religion.

My attempt to explore the grey areas behind the headlines.

https://t.co/qdGHpCpFXy

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@surajyengde Most "educated" Hindu Indians are illiterate when it comes to reading and analyzing their own religious texts.

You can’t expect an objective view of a religious text from a religious leader.

I wouldn’t ask a fundamentalist Christian pastor objective questions about the Bible!

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@surajyengde That said, I prefer to read and critique the Manusmriti rather than burn it.

One can argue it holds historical and literary value.

It's a mishmash of ideas—no single author named "Manu" wrote it. It evolved over time through various compiled writings.

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@surajyengde Most "educated" Hindu Indians are illiterate when it comes to reading and analyzing their own religious texts.

You can’t expect an objective view of a religious text from a religious leader.

I wouldn’t ask a fundamentalist Christian pastor objective questions about the Bible!

[Rajiv Thind / ​राजीव थिंद / ਰਾਜੀਵ ਥਿੰਦ @WriterRajiv]

@BeckyLTuch Narrative Magazine pioneered high submission fees in the 2000s—sometimes as much as $25.

Gradually, almost all magazines adopted this practice.

A fee equal to postage is fair, and prevents spamming; anything more is extortion.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

The Rise of Sikh Orthodoxy and its Corrosive Influence on General Freedom of Thought in Punjab

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https://t.co/7prwqJaleD