Blog: An Indian Moon

Radhika Bordia | Sunday July 09, 2017

I love the moon-talk in our land. Take, for instance, this very month - packed into one lunar cycle are three moon-rich concepts that allow us to revel in being Indian. I say Indian, not South Asian, for while we share a common civilization, our neighbouring countries have defined themselves in such a way that they have lost this easy ability to access different cultu...

Blog: Cow Vigilantes In The Capital? What I Saw On Saturday Night

Radhika Bordia | Sunday April 23, 2017

Driving back home around 11:30 on Saturday night on Outer Ring Road, near the Kalkaji Temple in South Delhi, I saw that traffic on the other side of the road had come to a standstill, blocked by a truck. A few men had clambered on to the truck, flashing a light inside.

Blog: What EVM Tampering Debate Is Totally Overlooking

Radhika Bordia | Monday April 10, 2017

The controversy on EVM (Electronic Voting Machine) tampering has actually taken the focus away from an older, more urgent issue of voter privacy and the flaws in the present system of counting votes - an issue that's got little public debate, but is being heard by the Supreme Court.

Blog: When It Rains, Especially, Kishori Amonkar Will Be Missed

Radhika Bordia | Wednesday April 05, 2017

When I told Kishori Tai of the many moods her music evoked, she dismissed my romantic waffling with a sharp "But you just said you don't know classical music or how to recognize ragas, what moods are you talking about?" An even more biting question followed: "How will you interview me if you don't know classical music well?"

Blog: Development? It's Yadav-Yadav, All About Caste

Radhika Bordia | Wednesday September 16, 2015

For most, the permutations of caste equations may seem incoherent but in Bihar, there's almost a mathematical precision with which they are calculated.