
Auditing what’s left when the identity you built comes apart — a parent’s death, relationships, a life split across three countries. Assets, liabilities, and the fine print nobody warns you about.
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Author’s photo–Daytime photo of the temple domes in Jagannath Puri in Odisha
In a nutshell: When my family was stopped at a temple gate in India and asked for a word none of us could define, I learned that belonging-by-ancestry comes with...
On the day of Dad’s funeral, all symbols of Mum’s marriage were removed — the tilak wiped off, the bangles broken, the mangalsutra put away with the other gold. We turn to the language of accounting under emotional pressure because it offer...
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My son asks the question the way children ask the questions that actually matter — sideways, mid-mouthful, as if it has only just occurred to him and isn’t important enough to put down his fork for.
Papà, cos...
When I first picked up India Is Broken, my instinctive reaction was irritation. Why this title? Why this pessimism—again?
But Substack is a place for honesty, so here it is: the book forced me to confront some stories I’d long taken for g...
JUNE 2026
The term ‘Kaam Chor’ first landed on me when I was twelve. I didn’t know then that words could brand you, the way hot metal does.
Kaam means work, and Chor means a thief.
Literally: Work Thief.
The charge was smaller and, some...
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Cultural Auditor. British-Indian, married into Italy. I audit nations and families with the same forensic eye. No return policy — just the ledger.
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