Category Archives: FUTURISTIK

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”

Eight years ago, I did something small but quietly radical—I removed my birthday from every social media platform I was on. No more reminders, no confetti animations from apps, no templated “Happy B’day!” from people who wouldn’t recognize me across a dinner table. I just wanted to see what would happen. What happened was silence.Continue reading “The Birthday Filter: Who Really Remembers You When the Algorithm Doesn’t”

When the clock struck midnight on August 15, 1947, two nations were born—India and Pakistan—but not without labor pains that bled across history. The Partition that carved one country into two also carved deep wounds into the psyche of millions. Over 15 million people were displaced. At least a million lost their lives. And generationsContinue reading “India and Pakistan: Healing the Shared Wound of History”

India is perhaps the only country in the world where conversion, intended as an act of liberation, often ends up reinforcing the very system it seeks to escape. In a bizarre twist of history and social practice, caste—deeply rooted in Hindu tradition—has managed to transcend religious boundaries, entrenching itself even within communities that theoretically rejectContinue reading “The Caste That Follows: India’s Paradox of Conversion”

One of the great paradoxes of our times lies in the psyche of the modern Indian—especially the global Indian. We demand social and cultural pluralism in the countries we migrate to, but resist the same values in our own. Step into any major Western city—New York, London, Toronto, Sydney—and you’ll find Indian communities thriving. NotContinue reading “Indians Want Social and Cultural Pluralism Across the Globe—Except in India”

In the bustling backstreets of Dubai’s Al Karama, or the labor camps of Doha and the high-rises of Riyadh, you’ll find a curious sight: Indians and Pakistanis — often vocal patriots at home — living not just in peace, but in quiet, functional harmony. How? Because they know one thing with crystal clarity: the biggestContinue reading “Deportation Diplomacy: How Indian and Pakistani Patriots Find Peace in the Gulf”

History teaches us many things—but perhaps the most disturbing lesson is this: wars are rarely about what we’re told they’re about. Every major conflict, when stripped off its rhetoric and propaganda, reveals a primitive hunger: land and natural resources. The soil under our feet, the oil beneath it, the rivers that flow, the mountains thatContinue reading “The Real Reason Behind Every War”