Yesterday I wrote a blog complaining that my Indian passport apparently can’t prove I’m Indian – that it’s “just a travel document.” It struck a nerve. It also sent me down a rabbit hole, because the obvious follow-up question is: fine, smart guy, if the passport doesn’t prove citizenship, then what makes you a citizen […]
A paper meant to pick the country’s next doctors leaked. The government’s big counter-move? Switch off one app. Let me walk you through exactly how stupid that is. Let’s start with the part nobody in power wants said out loud. The NEET paper – the single exam that decides who gets to become a doctor […]
A referee’s scorecard · June 18, 2026 Washington called it a deal. I read all 14 points. It’s a surrender dressed as a handshake – and America is the side that signed it. I don’t score a fight by who threw the last punch. I score it by who walks away richer. That’s the only […]
The June 6 Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar became one of the most discussed examples of social media activism in India this year. Triggered by concerns around the NEET, CBSE, and CUET examination controversies, the event promised to test whether a digital movement with 22 million followers could translate online engagement into real-world […]
A No-Fluff Breakdown by KG Wangchuk. The online swarm now has to become bodies on the ground. That is the only follower-audit that cannot be faked. Read on. Everybody has an opinion on the Cockroach Janta Party. Depending on who you ask, this rapidly growing social media movement is either a genuine expression of youth […]
There are two Indias on the road. One India waits at traffic lights. The other India arrives with sirens. And if the sirens are loud enough, suddenly traffic laws, civic equality, taxpayer dignity, and common sense all become “adjustable.” Yesterday, I accidentally offended the Indian establishment in the most dangerous way possible: I drove faster […]
This Wasn’t a Protest. This Was a Collapse of Order. Blocking highways was bad. What followed was worse. 👉 Mobs didn’t just stop traffic. 👉 They entered offices. In the unfolding Noida protest today, Sector 63 saw: • offices vandalised • employees hiding • vehicles destroyed inside premises This is not protest. This is a […]
The global nationalism trend isn’t ending—it’s being stress-tested. For years, leaders like Viktor Orbán defined the model of modern nationalism politics. Control the system. Control the narrative. Wrap it in nationalism. Win elections. Repeat. Now? Cracks. Not collapse. Not yet. But enough to signal something bigger in the global nationalism trend: 👉 The model is […]
I Wasn’t Reading the News. I Was Living It. Yesterday, I wasn’t scrolling headlines. I was stuck inside one. Noida to Delhi. Peak hours. What should’ve been a 40-minute drive turned into a slow-moving punishment. Cars stalled. People stepping out. Google Maps giving up. And that creeping frustration turning into one simple question: 👉 What […]
My Passport Can Take Me to 60 Countries. It Just Can’t Prove Which One I’m From.
Let me get the news out of the way, because you’ll think I’m making it up. On June 24, 2026, the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India clarified -calmly, in writing, like it was the weather -that your Indian passport is not proof of citizenship. It is a “travel document.” That’s it. […]