DeMo was a watershed event in contemporary history, as millions were impacted and the nation was split in to two over … More
Month: August 2018
Betrol Pump.
Every few kilometres in the regions outside Muscat region there are petrol pumps aligned to a eatery and a Masjid. … More
Remake.
Remaking is happening We live in an era of great churn TUNA is not the name of a fish Hunger … More
Featured in a Documentary
It’s not everyday, when you feature in a documentary (in the first few frames) on Ad Duqm in Oman by … More
Capturing Oral Histories of the Gulf: Narratives of Development
Histories in the Gulf are hardly bottom up as state led/dominated discourses lead the landscapes of the past. My conversations … More
Lebanese Diaspora
I came across this topic of the Lebanese diaspora in Senegal when the Late Anthony Bourdain had interviewed a Senegalese … More
Afterlife
Why do we have to wait for death in order to shower respect often as a technicality When we don’t … More
Kerala Gulf Relief
The real numbers are higher as donations by NRI are not being accounted for in the normal numbers, informal social … More
Abandoned.
An abandoned dream A lost job An unfulfilled aspiration Unsold artefacts Find home in the street
Environmental Governance is Political Risk: Kerala Drowns
Environmental governance is a tick box measure in India and in the Global South. The ‘permit kahan hain’ mindset of … More