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Columns, Op-Eds, and Decolonial Commentary

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My column #TheSidebar and other op-eds apply a decolonial lens to current events, from constitutional debates to the history of caste. These articles are my method of challenging mainstream narratives with legal and archival evidence.

My piece in #TheSidebar titled "2024: Bharat and Decolonisation". I argue that while political battles are immediate, the long-term, all-important canvas is civilisation and culture.

The online link to my Indian Express article on the 2024 election results and their implication for the decolonisation project.

My twelfth piece for #TheSidebar, titled "The perception of justice". I argue that transparency in conduct and process in public engagements is as important as justice itself.

My tenth piece in #TheSidebar, where I argue that the concept of "caste" as we understand it today is a Western construct, shaped by writers with deep-rooted prejudices against Hinduism.

The headline of my ninth piece for The Indian Express. Here, I reveal how Christian missionary work in Bharat gave birth to the modern constructs of 'caste' and the 'Dravidian' identity.

The print version of my article on Dravidianism, titled "A truth forsaken". I demonstrate how the Dravidian disjuncture from Sanatana Dharma is a reiteration of colonial narratives.

My eighth piece in #TheSidebar, discussing the colonial hand in creating "caste" and "tribe" as the dominant categories for cataloguing the people of Bharat.

A piece I wrote in 2020 for Open The Magazine, addressing the flawed Article 14 argument used by opponents of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

My article in Open The Magazine titled "Places of Worship or Prisoners of War?". I make the case for restitutive justice for Dharmic sites, arguing that if history is relevant for social justice, it must be for this too.

About Columns & Published Articles

I do not ghostwrite. Every commissioned Op-Ed or White Paper is personally authored, requiring 1,200 words of legal precision and archival research. If you engage me for a piece, you receive the same academic rigor and unapologetic analysis found in my Supreme Court arguments and #TheSidebar column.

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