Aakash Joshi is a commissioning editor and writer at The Indian Express. He writes on politics, foreign policy and culture, beyond the headlines and the obvious. Occasionally, he reports on these subjects as well. He can be reached at...Read More
Aakash Joshi is a commissioning editor and writer at The Indian Express. He writes on politics, foreign policy and culture, beyond the headlines and the obvious. Occasionally, he reports on these subjects as well. He can be reached at aakash.joshi@expressindia.com. Twitter: @Joshi_Uncle
Aug 19, 2018 05:30 IST
Those who resent the annual visit from kawadiyas are belittling the people from the real India,...
Sun, Aug 19, 2018
Jul 30, 2018 00:09 IST
The Pakistan general election and its alleged misconduct, it appears, may find some parallel in...
Mon, Jul 30, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 00:15 IST
Visual vocabulary of no-confidence debate did not allow for...
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
Jul 22, 2018 06:00 IST
Rahul baba may not be a good politician, but no matter, says WhatsApp uncle. His heart is in the...
Sun, Jul 22, 2018
Jul 09, 2018 18:22 IST
WhatsApp Uncle says the world isn’t a football field, and, when it comes to the nation, no one...
Mon, Jul 09, 2018
Jun 30, 2018 01:07 IST
The quaintness of middle-class British experience has come and gone with Hugh Grant. But, novelist...
Sat, Jun 30, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 00:22 IST
the delegation came “looking for an “unbiased approach to election from India” and claimed...
Mon, Jun 25, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 00:52 IST
My family... just look at the video I hv shared... that is PM answering virat Kohli and saying...
Sun, Jun 24, 2018
May 27, 2018 01:00 IST
Beti Meghan is PCs friend... and so she went.... thats all ok.... but why did she wear a CHRISTIAN...
Sun, May 27, 2018
May 26, 2018 00:22 IST
For over 50 years, Philip Roth consistently wrung out the political from the...
Sat, May 26, 2018
May 26, 2018 00:05 IST
The villain in Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Raazi’ isn’t a heartless Indian spymaster or the jingoistic...
Sat, May 26, 2018
May 14, 2018 01:50 IST
WhatsApp Uncle tells the young ’uns to not remember the betrayers....
Mon, May 14, 2018
Apr 15, 2018 00:01 IST
WhatsApp Uncle on smoking, deleting Facebook and the lack of willpower that cuts across...
Sun, Apr 15, 2018
Apr 01, 2018 00:02 IST
WhatsApp Uncle on the perils of being head of a family....
Sun, Apr 01, 2018
Mar 24, 2018 06:29 IST
In his memoir, French President Emmanuel Macron ties up his political vision with his personal one,...
Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Mar 19, 2018 00:06 IST
How are we to be moral in an indifferent universe of big bangs and black holes? Stephen Hawking has...
Mon, Mar 19, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 00:30 IST
WhatsApp Uncle talks about not going to pubs and why the young ’uns hate each...
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Mar 04, 2018 15:56 IST
WhatsApp uncle shifts gears on entitlement, says at least his generation worked hard for their...
Sun, Mar 04, 2018
Feb 18, 2018 11:15 IST
WhatsApp Uncle on how to pass exams with flying colours, with a little help from the...
Sun, Feb 18, 2018
Feb 04, 2018 00:30 IST
We should not ignore this poll… what does it matter, all this law-shaw? Court said let that...
Sun, Feb 04, 2018
Jan 26, 2018 00:20 IST
An objecting Sena, capitulating governments lead India down a dangerous...
Fri, Jan 26, 2018
Jan 21, 2018 00:10 IST
My family… see… I also have a sense of humour. But chutkula is chutkula, and deshprem is...
Sun, Jan 21, 2018
Jan 07, 2018 00:09 IST
There is clean air all around us in Delhi, if only we look for it and not buy propaganda, says...
Sun, Jul 05, 2020
Jan 03, 2018 00:10 IST
As 2017 ended, Facebook found itself under fire, and the ways in which the giants of social media...
Thu, Jan 04, 2018
Dec 23, 2017 00:22 IST
Ideas, clearly, are what your letters deal with. That you counsel an “examined life”, the tough...
Sat, Dec 23, 2017