HeyJaredRambling in the city
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Daddy as Nanaji, a ‘what if’ essay (opens the original)
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Dear Fellow Ramblers,When I started this Substack, I did not know personal essays would become a big part of my self-expression journey. Now this newsletter alternates between the personal and the political and policy issues I think a lot about. I debated about whether these deserve their own separate places, then decided its all interconnected, and part of being a complicated human being. So here is another essay about my favourite subject, Daddy! I hope you enjoy it.Listen to this essay, if yo
‘Dimagi Naxal’ is a call for adults to re-exert control over youth (opens the original)
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Since PM Narendra Modi used the phrase ‘Dimagi Naxal’ in his Independence Day speech, delivered on 15th of August from the ramparts of the Red Fort, there has been endless speculation by his supporters and critics about what it means and signifies. My own first reaction was to laugh it off as merely old wine in a new bottle, a new phrase for an old group of left-leaning elites his party has long considered anti-national and labeled urban naxals, andolan jeevis, tukde tukde gang and so on. But we
Gurugram’s annual monsoon meltdown is here (opens the original)
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If there is anything more predictable than sunrise, it is Gurgaon’s annual monsoon meltdown over poor infrastructure. Flooded basements, stranded school buses and all-night gridlocks offer the kind of visual and emotional spectacle that animates TV news shows and elicits social media rants from celebrities and influencers who have made this their thing. A ‘blame game’ charade plays out on our feeds and the word ‘accountability’ is loosely thrown around. Then the rain subsides, the news cycle mov
Making home, one chai cup at a time (opens the original)
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I am a spoilt brat. Back home in Gurgaon, every morning starts with me sleepily making my way down the stairs to the kitchen in search of the cuppa I never thought I would get so addicted to.No matter what time I wake up, there is chai. It is made slowly and carefully with unerring ritual. The water heats, the adrak is added in after it is grated or pounded to release its juices. Then once the adrak paani is boiling, milk is added. Any sooner and the milk will curdle, any later the volume of the
The magnificent rage of young Indian women, and the meltdown it triggers (opens the original)
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The Indian Prime Minister is making Instagram reels to communicate with Gen Z. If you are not watching these, and the reels that are being make about these, you are missing out on peak entertainment. But I am beyond being entertained. There is another name for the emotion I am feeling, and it starts with an R (yes, it is a four letter word). Because what is unfolding in front of us is an Audacity Contest. Who can be more blunt, more manipulative, more blasé, more direct, more attention grabbing?
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