• Aag Lagaye Kisne, Aag faily kaise? (Who lit the fire? How did it spread?) (Indymedia, April 18, 2002)

  These are questions everyone should be asking, and when our Prime Minister asks these, you better take note!
  
  
  

• Whither Democracy, Welcome Mobocracy (Outlook, May 22, 2002)

  I hope we take a leaf out of the French. Jacques Chirac was no darling of the masses, but the French still turned out in large numbers to keep out the bigger evil
  
  
  

• The Lunacy Of Symbolism (Indianest, June 12, 2002)

  By electing a Muslim to a largely symbolic and impotent position, we want to establish our secular credentials. You and I couldn't have conjured up such a wonderful scheme, can we?
  
  
  

• Allegiance Ruled By Expedience (Outlook, June 18, 2002)

  If I make a decision and then try coax you into accepting it (or risk getting defeated), it's a consensus decision, right? The fuss about the so-called consensus is no more than an attempt to enforce the will of the mighty.
  
  
  

• Lakshmi Sahgal - A Revolutionary Life (Indymedia, June 22, 2002)

  "Hamare mathe pe nahin likha hain ke hum Pakistani hain ki Hindustani hain (Whether we are Pakistanis or Indians is not written on our foreheads)"
  
  
  

• The perils of Poly Venal Chloride (Indymedia, June 23, 2002)

  PVC is not unavoidable - the Sydney 2000 Olympic stadium seating and plumbing were PVC-free.
  
  
  

• Worshipping False Gods (Frontline, July 20 - August 02, 2002)

  Was Savarkar's contribution to our freedom movement as great as that of among others, Bhagat Singh?
  
  
  

• Remembering Bhopal (Indymedia, September 3, 2002)

  What's common to Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Union Carbide? They all gassed humans! The first two have acquired well-deserved notoriety, but in yet another instance of corporate malfeasance going unpunished, Union Carbide(acquired by Dow Chemicals last year) has so far escaped unscathed. How, and what can be done?
  
  
  

• Another World Is Possible (Dissident Voice, September 20, 2002)

  Ramblings of a South Asian, on the rally organized by a local pro-peace group to commemorate 9/11
  
  
  

• The Indian Taliban (Indymedia, September 24, 2002)

  How is Hindu fanaticism relevant in the U.S.? Why, and how, should we counter it?
  
  
  

• Project Saffron Dollar (Indymedia, December 3, 2002)

  Post 9/11, Hindu fanaticism is more dangerous (than Islamic fanaticism) in the US, and so it makes sense to selectively pick on Hindutva.
  
  
  

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