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
Oct 28, 2017 01:47 IST
China’s Social Credit System, India’s Aadhaar show consumerism subverts...
Sat, Oct 28, 2017
Aug 26, 2017 01:19 IST
Bite of the Black Dogs, his third novel, is based on operations carried out by the Indian Army at...
Sat, Aug 26, 2017
Aug 19, 2017 00:23 IST
UP CM’s encouragement of religious displays in police stations is troubling....
Sat, Aug 19, 2017
Aug 07, 2017 02:12 IST
India’s urban elites are wilfully blind to their complicities in the exploitation of domestic...
Mon, Aug 07, 2017
Jun 17, 2017 01:40 IST
The format of the book is simple enough: Each page busts a common notion that members or supporters...
Sat, Jun 17, 2017
May 27, 2017 03:25 IST
This Dog Barking takes us through Krishnamurti’s journey, and back again, and even highlights the...
Sat, May 27, 2017
May 26, 2017 02:37 IST
Both terrorists and governments are alleged to have used them — in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Syria and...
Fri, May 26, 2017
May 14, 2017 00:00 IST
The little transgressions protect a people from the power of big ideologies. Go ahead, get...
Sun, May 14, 2017
May 10, 2017 00:15 IST
Like so many other epics in the Subcontinent, and beyond, Baahubali takes place in and upholds a...
Wed, May 10, 2017
May 01, 2017 00:06 IST
The significance of this transition of the cow to a creature both animal and divine, needing...
Mon, May 01, 2017
Apr 15, 2017 05:00 IST
The idea of RSS and RSS-backed organisations having a history of Ambedkarite sympathies, however,...
Sat, Apr 15, 2017
Apr 13, 2017 00:08 IST
Between the two lies the anti-Romeo...
Thu, Apr 13, 2017
Mar 01, 2017 00:10 IST
Both the communists and the Hindu Right saw the dismantling of the Congress as an essential...
Wed, Mar 01, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 00:37 IST
Harry Potter is great, LOTR is legendary. But to navigate the world, children — and the rest of...
Mon, Feb 20, 2017
Dec 03, 2016 00:00 IST
Political battle over demonetisation will reveal if the Indian citizen has...
Sat, Dec 03, 2016
Nov 15, 2016 02:46 IST
The agency has been working in the country for nearly a decade, and as India’s relationship with...
Tue, Nov 15, 2016
Oct 14, 2016 02:33 IST
The expectation for the Japanese is that India could stand up tall as a torch-bearer for...
Fri, Oct 14, 2016
Oct 13, 2016 22:17 IST
For years now, young people have googled and researched his songs and their lyrics and discovered...
Thu, Oct 13, 2016
Sep 28, 2016 12:19 IST
The first debate, in fact, changed nothing. Both candidates played themselves. And that is...
Wed, Sep 28, 2016
Sep 24, 2016 00:20 IST
Describing soldiers who died in Uri as martyrs does them a...
Sat, Sep 24, 2016
Aug 22, 2016 00:00 IST
Did Pakistan always play such a dominant role in how we defined ourselves as a nation? What do we...
Mon, Aug 22, 2016