Storyteller, Rooted Cosmopolitan & North East ka ladka. Earn to eat & travel/Long distance running & cycling/Gulzar worshipper, maachh lover and Netflix binger!
@onlinebandstand Also, Sunga Saul is a delicacy from Assam, Northeast India where the local "sticky" rice is slow-cooked inside fresh green bamboo stalks over an open fire
Adivasi and Dalit youth have long fought for land, dignity, and justice. Yet their struggles rarely count as “Gen Z protests.” The label appears only when influencers join in. That says more about Delhi’s imperial gaze than about Gen Z itself.
Will be my 9th, this time around. Still remember the Brazil v/s Italy, World Cup Final - 1994 as a 9 year old in Tinsukia, Assam (North East India). That was my first. Incidentally, 1994 World Cup was also held in the U.S
Attended my first press show in a year and came out delighted. Enjoyed how Suresh Triveni’s subversive feminism in #MaaBehen turns societal gaze on its head to chronicle a deceptively spoofy comedy. Review: https://t.co/YKtyUvUziu
Met a German girl going to the US next month and was getting nervous about her visa and passport. I asked her why, she said the whole process felt so intimidating. I found it cute she didn't know how her country makes people feel when applying for a visa. Welcome to the ride.
The cost of not rebelling against the patriarch in households has what brought us to the current regime in India. Speak up, question and hold accountable. Start with your home, first!!
My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career.
The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams.
My "bad days" are his wildest dreams.
My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive.
It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away
I had hacked CBSE's OSM (On-Screen Marking Portal) in February and had reported the vulnerabilities to CERT-In, but they were unable to patch most of them.
I've written a detailed blog post about it here: https://t.co/qyT23GkTEJ