At the stroke of the midnight hour, seventy-nine years ago, a nation woke to freedom. Nehru called it a tryst with destiny – the moment we redeemed our pledge, he said, “not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.” Read that line again on this Independence Day. Not wholly. Not in full measure. Even […]
A NO-FLUFF NOTE FROM KG The Kids Won. Now Comes the Hard Part. Let me begin with an admission, because this piece is only worth writing if it’s honest: I did not support the NEET student protest 2026 when it started. And I’ll be precise – I still hold that original reservation. So read this […]
A NO-FLUFF NOTE FROM KG · POLITICAL ANALYSIS How Do You Make an Elephant Disappear? A note before the knives come out: this one is analysis, not activism. Yesterday I wrote as a citizen sickened by the Delhi protest crackdown, and I meant every word. Today I’m taking off the citizen hat and putting on […]
A No-Fluff Note from KG Let me be honest about where I stand,all of it,because on a day like this, people want to sort you before they have even read you. I did not support this protest. I can be,and often am,a Modi supporter. I do not back the Cockroach Janta Party. I do not […]
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 […]
Note: This article discusses allegations reported by law enforcement and media sources. The individuals involved are entitled to due process, and the facts will ultimately be determined through the legal system. The broader social questions explored here do not depend on the outcome of any single case. Be horrified by what investigators are alleging in […]
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 […]
From a TCS desk in Pune to the wreckage in Ahmedabad, we keep blaming the blow. The real killer is the same every time , there was no one, and nothing, built to catch the fall. This is the gap I started Solh to close. On the morning of June 2, a 48-year-old engineer named […]
How AI is rewriting the rules of online fraud and impersonation in India-and the simple habits that can save your family. It started the way most ordinary evenings do. A mother in Pune is finishing dinner when her phone lights up. It’s a video call. Her son’s face fills the screen-the same eyes, the same […]
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. […]