Category Archives: FUTURISTIK

This year, Father’s Day falls on June 15th, 2025. Coincidentally, it also happens to be my father’s birthday. He passed away in 2005, at the age of 64, when I was 30. I stayed with my father until I turned 17—then I moved to a hostel, and later, to another city for work. In allContinue reading “Happy Father’s Day”

There’s a certain irony to life that both fascinates and frustrates: “Life is a strange phenomenon — you can know everything beforehand, but still cannot change it.” As a Vedic Astrologer with 22 years of experience, I’ve seen this irony unfold not just in my consultations, but also in the very scriptures that anchor ourContinue reading “Life is a Strange Phenomenon: Knowing Everything, Yet Changing Nothing”

In India, patriotism often arrives cloaked in contradictions — none more glaring than the debate over language. The three-language policy, long resisted in Tamil Nadu, is one such flashpoint. “Why can’t you Tamils accept Hindi?” critics ask, with thinly veiled condescension. “After all, you’ve already accepted English — the language of your colonizers!” It’s aContinue reading “The Grammar of Power: Language, Cricket, and the Politics of Identity”

India has always been more than just a nation-state; it is a civilization. One that does not fit neatly into Western categories of religion, identity, or nationalism. Her essence — her consciousness — has, for thousands of years, been plural, layered, contradictory, and yet mysteriously harmonious. A land of many gods and no gods, ofContinue reading “India’s Soul Is Not Up for Sale: The Civilizational Tussle Between Pluralism and Hegemony”

I. Introduction – The Paradox of Confidence There is a peculiar irony in the world: those who know little often speak the loudest, while those who know more tend to hold their tongues. The illiterate — whether literally or metaphorically — walks into any room with an unshakable confidence, unclouded by self-doubt. The literate, however,Continue reading “The Confidence of the Unknowing: On Illiteracy, Knowledge, and the Performance of Certainty”

Indians are the best clan on the planet. Not because of genetic genius or spiritual superiority, but because of a unique cultural gift: the ability to live in two time zones at once—an embellished past and an imagined future—while gracefully ignoring the inconvenient present. It’s a national habit, almost a civilizational coping mechanism. We waxContinue reading “The Indian Temporal Illusion: Trapped Between Yesterday and Tomorrow”

Every land believes it has the best food, the best culture, the best religion, and the best dress code. That’s natural. It’s even beautiful. Pride in one’s heritage is what gives us identity. It ties generations together, fills our memories with rituals and recipes, and gives us a sense of belonging in a chaotic world.Continue reading “Pride Isn’t the Problem—Imposition Is”

I am proud to have lived in a country that was once ruled by elite, polished, and sophisticated leaders. And no one embodied that spirit more vividly than Rajiv Gandhi. Say his name today and you’ll hear mixed opinions. He was a Gandhi, a dynast, a man shaped by both privilege and tragedy. But forContinue reading “When Leadership Meant Something Else”

(A Travel Anecdote from Malaysia) We were sitting in this cheap roadside Bangladeshi restaurant in Malaysia having our brunch—chapati and chicken curry—when my wife, ever the social one, struck up a conversation with the joint’s co-owner. He looked vaguely Indian, which is always a cultural guesswork sport in this part of the world. “Where areContinue reading “How Humans Generalise Based on Personal Experience”

We live in a world increasingly saturated with discontent. Beneath the noise of daily obligations, technology, social media, and polarized ideologies, there hums a quiet and persistent sense of general unhappiness. For many, it’s difficult to identify its origin. It may stem from unfulfilled potential, chronic stress, loneliness, injustice, or simply the ache of aContinue reading “The Cycle of Unhappiness: From Anger to Vengeance and Back Again”