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✦ November
What Hindu Americans Must Build
White nationalists and India's elite attacked Diwali celebrations. Now India's right attacks the diaspora for defending pluralism. My article explains why Indian religious dynamics don't translate to America—and why looking to the state for legitimacy guarantees failure.
2025 Thoughts
✦ March
The 2025 Oscars Were Refreshingly Free of Politics
No grandstanding, Independent Films Steal the Spotlight
2025 Thoughts
✦ February
Exhuma: Postcolonial Horror
A film that reflects South Korea's cultural and geopolitical aversion to Japan
2025 Thoughts
✦ February
Media Appearance: Talking Ukraine War on Indian News
A successful peace means both sides have to feel it's a win win
2025 Thoughts
✦ February
The Brutalist is the Most Anti-American Film of 2024
Brady Corbet’s Allegory Reduces the Immigrant Experience to a Cheap Political Statement
2024 Thoughts
✦ November
Why Americans will continue to misunderstand Hinduism
Exploring the cultural disconnect between two worldviews
2024 Thoughts
✦ November
America First as Grand Strategy
What will the foreign policy of Trump 2.0 look like?
2024 Thoughts
✦ November
Stop trying to save democracy by abandoning it
This is not the most important election of our lifetime
2024 Thoughts
✦ October
In Defense of Tulsi Gabbard
The party I joined over twenty years ago no longer exists today. I could no longer remain in today’s
2024 Thoughts
✦ October
The India-Canada Showdown Explained
How Sikh secessionism sparked a diplomatic crisis
2024 Thoughts
✦ September
Debunking Darryl Cooper
Against Historical Revisionism
2024 Thoughts
✦ August
Politicians that dress better than Tim Walz
Since the announcement of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as the Vice-Presidential pick for Kamala Harris’ campaign, the outpouring of cultish
2024 Thoughts
✦ June
Understanding the 2024 Indian General Election Results
What does it take to secure a third term in the world's largest democracy? The 2024 Indian general