Aakash Joshi
aakash.joshi@expressindia.com
Articles By Aakash Joshi
Smoke and water
The toxic air makes WhatsApp Uncle asks some decidedly anti-national questions.
View from the neighbourhood: Unfree campus
A weekly look at the public conversations shaping ideas beyond borders — in the Subcontinent.
Diwali is a celebration centred around wealth and status
Diwali, a time of revelry and release, can also be one that perpetuates a feudal culture.
Beyond the Veil: WhatsApp Uncle on why anti-nationals and nationalists could do with a little clarity
Nationalists should unite like Amar, Akbar and Anthony.
Forwarded as Received: All the World’s a Stage
WhatsApp Uncle basks in the glow of a Texas evening
Forwarded as Received: How Other Half Lives
WhatsApp Uncle imagines what it is to be a woman
Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu: ‘Political mainstream faces existential question in J&K’
Mattu’s party, the People’s Conference (PC), and its leader Sajjad Lone were the most visible allies of the BJP in the Valley.
Propaganda comes of age
Films like ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ and ‘Chalo Jeete Hain’ give longer life to the jumla
View from the neighbourhood: Imran’s frustration
A weekly look at the public conversations shaping ideas beyond borders — in the Subcontinent.
Forwarded as Received: Future Foretold
What the present tells WhatsApp Uncle of the nation’s future
At Delhi’s Barakhamba Road, a protest to give voice to J&K
Police said around 600 people marched from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar as part of the protest. “We are all here for different reasons,” said Mary Thingon, an MA student from Manipur studying at DU.
Forwarded as Received: Highway to Heaven
Why are faithful patriots on bikes being questioned? WhatsApp Uncle wants to know
View from the neighbourhood: Batting for Trump
A weekly look at the public conversations shaping ideas beyond borders — in the Subcontinent.
View From The Neighbourhood: Judiciary and army
The June 30 editorial in Dawn takes umbrage at Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Bajwa’s remarks about the economic (mis)management of the country by previous civilian governments and his endorsement of the PTI government led by Imran Khan.
Forwarded as Received: It’s Family, Stupid
WhatsApp Uncle realises why power is not for him.
View From The Neighbourhood: Cricket, a symptom
: A weekly look at the public conversations shaping ideas beyond borders — in the Subcontinet.
Terry Pratchett, a prophet for interesting times
A look at what made Terry Pratchett the philosopher we need and, hopefully, deserve.
Forwarded as Received: Different Strokes
Soldiers fight, and cricketers do ads for chips. Why can’t we see the difference, asks WhatsApp Uncle
Election isn’t the ideology
Elections are only a means to an end for the RSS’s millennial project.