Infinity Inklings

The Muslim queen who built Buddhist temples

A work-in-progress chapter from my book

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Longing across borders

On divided families and forgotten connections along the Line of Control

Sep 24 • 

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"We are Ladakhis first"

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Sep 17 • 

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On chance encounters

Making friends in the high Himalayas

Sep 10 • 

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Mumbai after Ganesh Chaturthi

A meditation on traditions and contradictions

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

To walk a city goodbye

Au revoir, London

Aug 27 • 

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Growing up Indian in the Gulf

On a childhood between worlds

Aug 20 • 

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New Scotland, old friendships

Notes from a maritime reunion in Nova Scotia

Aug 13 • 

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An Empire built on sand

REVIEW: Scott Anderson’s unsparing portrait of the Shah of Iran, Cold War America, and a doomed partnership that mistook power for permanence

Aug 6 • 

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July 2025

He’s not deep, he’s just damaged

REVIEW: What Saiyaara gets wrong about masculinity, rage, and the fantasy of fixing broken men

Jul 30 • 

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The death knell of my social relevance

What a going-away party taught me about letting go

Jul 23 • 

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Memory made edible

REVIEW: Shahnaz Ahsan’s paean to food, family, and the fragments of belonging

Jul 16 • 

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