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RAVI SINGH: A CERTAIN AMBIGUITY by Mihir Srivastava
Ravi Singh is the most known unknown publisher in the country. A publisher par excellence, he has had hundreds of books to his credit in the last 32 years - and counting. Having said that, his profession is no indicator of his personality. What I like about him the most is not just that he is a publisher - and will eventually publish many of my books, which no one else but he can do justice to - but also that he’s one of those very few people who are their own best friend. A
Dec 13, 20256 min read


IIH OF NEPAL AND HIS MANY WALKS TO FREEDOM by Mihir Srivastava
Iih, just over 30, has made strange choices in life that makes him an odd one in terms of normative existence. At the age of 14, he rebelled, left the comfort of home, dropped out of school, and became a vagabond in a more in a more contemporary sense—romanticized unconventional mobile lifestyle. Home, the irrevocable condition, was not there for him, so he learned to take care of himself, remaining a political animal, an activist with the Gandhian ambition to change the w
Nov 25, 20255 min read


SANJAY KUMAR: A HINDU PEACEMAKER IN MUSLIM KASHMIR by Mihir Srivastava
This is like a dream. He is living a dream that has a semblance of reality, and is fairly paradoxical in nature. It’s true that fact can get stranger than fiction. The life of Sanjay Kumar is a good example. He runs 60 schools, Shri Kashyap Rishi School of Unlearning and Relearning, in the Kashmir valley. These schools are liberal, open, nationalist, a shift from madrasa, where emphasis is on traditional Islamic subjects like the Quran and Sharia. Here young Muslim women, fr
Nov 10, 20255 min read


GEN Z OF NEPAL: THE LEADERLESS REVOLUTION by Mihir Srivastava
The revolutionary Gen Z of Nepal overthrew the incumbent government in merely 24 hours of agitation. They were against protracted...
Sep 18, 20255 min read


K KESHAVA RAO: LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF by Mihir Srivastava
K. Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK, is a young man of 87 years . A rebel by nature, he does what he believes in with penchant. And...
Sep 13, 20255 min read


RUPAK ROY: A CHOSEN LIFE OF SOLITUDE IN THE WILDERNESS By Mihir Srivastava
Rupak Roy built a house in the middle of nowhere in the Nilgiri hills and started living 35 years ago when he was 35 years of age. It's...
Aug 7, 20255 min read


SUDARSHAN SHETTY: THE ARTIST OF THE NEBULOUS THAT DEPICTS LIFE AS IT IS By Mihir Srivastava
There are very few artists who practice art that essentially entails transcending boundaries, the silos they exist in, and think freely,...
Jul 23, 20255 min read


LOUIS ROSSMANN: FEAR THE MAN WHO NEVER BACKS DOWN By Bharat Madhok
A repair technician became the world-famous YouTuber and the face of the Right to Repair (R2R) movement. Louis Rossmann, 36, is seen by...
Jul 22, 20255 min read


THE MIND OF AN AVERAGE FRUSTRATED CHUMP (INCEL) By Aranya Bhagat
‘Involuntary celibate’ is an oxymoron for celibate are not involuntary. Yet, it's a name of a growing community of young men who are...
Jul 21, 20255 min read


ANSHUL GUPTA: ROMANCING WITH LIFE by Mihir Srivastava
The charming 40 years old Anshul Gupta has travelled the world and lived in France and the US for more than six years. While learning...
Jun 6, 20255 min read


GENDER BENDING: THE PRECISE AMBIGUITY By Parmeshwarya Adya Bhagat
I first came to know of the concept of non-binary or gender queerness, while studying in the US, from a fellow student. I was ten. I had...
May 22, 20256 min read


SONIA KUMAR: VANITY IS NOT VAIN By Mihir Srivastava
Sonia Kumar has just turned 80 in style. Age has ripened her like an old wine. She has a charming persona and a bold demeanour . It's...
May 7, 20254 min read
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