Dalit

Published on 28th December, 2020, in Mid-day. Have you been offered Hindu meals on flights? What is it? North Indian food, or South Indian? Does it include Dalit food? What is Dalit food? The word "Dalit" homogenises hundreds of communities that are listed as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Some North Eastern restaurants do try to give us a taste of food eaten by North Eastern tribes, but as far as "lower caste" food is concerned, most Hindus have no clue about them. I recently came across a book on Dalit food written by Shahu Patole. It draws attention to human creativity and ingenuity manifesting ..

Published on 11th November, 2018, in Mumbai Mirror. There is a very famous philosophical problem popularly known as the Ship of Theseus, or the Theseus's Paradox. Imagine a ship is brought to a museum, an ancient vessel discovered in an archaeological dig and identified as the ship of Theseus. Over time we find that some parts of the woodwork are rotting and need to be replaced. After some time another piece needs to be replaced and then another... This goes on until finally, a couple of years later, no portion of the original woodwork is left. The ship looks the same, but it comprises new ..