Abhirup Dam

Abhirup Dam

Writer and editor. Unholy union of popular culture and idealism. Can often be found tripping on science fiction, comics, shrooms, fresh vegetables, and politics. Anti-cleric extraordinaire.
The Eyes Have It is about strange encounters and strangers met on journeys.

On Ruskin Bond’s B’day, Listen to One of His Most Moving Stories

Fast Unto Vote: Gandhi, Ambedkar & Separate Electorates for Dalits

On 24 September 1932, the Poona Pact was signed, ending all possibilities of there being separate electorate for Dalits.
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Father of the Indian Constitution, Dr Ambedkar, Wanted to Burn It

Dr BR Ambedkar in 1950.

27,000 Massacred, the Bloody Price of ‘Liberation’: Hyderabad 1948

The Charminar, Hyderabad’s most iconic monument.

The Revolutionary vs the Calendar Icon: Rediscovering Bhagat Singh

In an effort to move on beyond pop culture, we try and reacquaint ourselves with the revolutionary called Bhagat Singh.

A Dramatist’s Tryst With Violence: Remembering Vijay Tendulkar

During the ’70s and the ’80s, Tendulkar wrote the screenplays of three films that all dealt with violence.

Remembering Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Traversing Life, Fantasy & The Movies

Jogendranath Mandal, the Only Indian Minister in Jinnah’s Cabinet

‘Curing’ Homosexuality, the Baba Ramdev Way: The Quint’s Sting Op

File photo of Mohandas K Gandhi. 

Nathuram Godse, the Man Who Killed the Mahatma

The Physics of Being Lazy, as Garfield Turns 40

Dalits Point out How Onam Is the Story of Upper Caste Domination

The Eyes Have It is about strange encounters and strangers met on journeys.

On Ruskin Bond’s B’day, Listen to One of His Most Moving Stories

Fast Unto Vote: Gandhi, Ambedkar & Separate Electorates for Dalits

On 24 September 1932, the Poona Pact was signed, ending all possibilities of there being separate electorate for Dalits.

Father of the Indian Constitution, Dr Ambedkar, Wanted to Burn It

Dr BR Ambedkar in 1950.
The Charminar, Hyderabad’s most iconic monument.

27,000 Massacred, the Bloody Price of ‘Liberation’: Hyderabad 1948

The Revolutionary vs the Calendar Icon: Rediscovering Bhagat Singh

In an effort to move on beyond pop culture, we try and reacquaint ourselves with the revolutionary called Bhagat Singh.

A Dramatist’s Tryst With Violence: Remembering Vijay Tendulkar

During the ’70s and the ’80s, Tendulkar wrote the screenplays of three films that all dealt with violence.
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Remembering Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee: Traversing Life, Fantasy & The Movies

Nathuram Godse, the Man Who Killed the Mahatma

File photo of Mohandas K Gandhi. 

Jogendranath Mandal, the Only Indian Minister in Jinnah’s Cabinet

Jogendranath Mandal (left) and Mohammed Ali Jinnah.
Baba Ramdev has claimed that homosexuality can be cured by practising yoga. (Photo: <b>The Quint</b>)

‘Curing’ Homosexuality, the Baba Ramdev Way: The Quint’s Sting Op

The Physics of Being Lazy, as Garfield Turns 40

Garfield glorifies consumption. (Courtesy: YouTube screengrab)

Dalits Point out How Onam Is the Story of Upper Caste Domination

Onam is the story of how a dalit king was sent to the underworld by an avatar of Vishnu. (Photo: Liju Joseph/ <b>The Quint</b>)