Infinity Inklings

Who decided the Gods were white?

Nolan changed almost everything about Odysseus, but the internet is only angry about Helen's face

Aug 12 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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July 2026

What happens when half a country can't see what the other half is protesting?

The student protests exposed two Indias living in different realities — and a fight over which one gets to be the news

Jul 29 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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The Mahabharata's hardest lesson isn't about war

It's about what happens when good people stay silent — and why India's students, protesting a leaked exam, are testing whether we've learned it

Jul 22 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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Did the British empire actually make India better off?

Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman's latest comments revive one of history's most persistent myths

Jul 8 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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June 2026

Can Britain govern itself?

The country that once lectured much of the world on parliamentary democracy now struggles to keep a Prime Minister in office

Jun 24 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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Can you really die of sadness?

On Marjane Satrapi, broken-heart syndrome, and the nature of love and longing

Jun 17 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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Where are the men?

What a ₹370 biryani joke, the manosphere, and the success of Off Campus and Obsession reveal about the conversations men aren't having

Jun 10 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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May 2026

The rupee is falling into India’s development paradox

The country’s energy vulnerability is not separate from its development story — it is increasingly a consequence of it

May 27 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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What if the answer to religious nationalism isn’t less religion?

Kerala’s recent elections suggest that a healthier alternative to fundamentalism may not be the absence of faith, but a more confident way of living…

May 13 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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April 2026

Inside Hyderabad’s ‘Visa Temple’

At Chilkur Balaji, prayer offers a sense of control in a country where outcomes often feel uncertain

Apr 29 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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I was stopped by India's last Naxals. They were kids with a bamboo pole

India just officially declared victory over a 60-year Maoist insurgency. Here's what that looks like on the ground

Apr 8 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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March 2026

Why is there a Japanese-funded Cathedral in India’s most Baptist state?

A church in Nagaland designed like a tribal house, paid for by Japanese war families, and built on the battlefield of the Stalingrad of the East

Mar 25 • Nishad Sanzagiri

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