Tags

#ECI

• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01

#EVM

• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22

#Elections 2016

• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20

#FCRA

• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01

#GST

• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15

#India

• The Art of Becoming a Ghost: Surveillance and the Indian Reality 2017-01-20
• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• The Epistocracy Trap 2016-06-13
• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01
• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26
• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17
• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29
• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01

#MMP

• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05

#NOTA

• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17

#ONOE

• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26

#Tamil Nadu

• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22
• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01

#The Whip

• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15

#VVPAT

• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22

#aavin

• Dairy Circle Buttermilk 2015-01-15

#activism

• The Art of Becoming a Ghost: Surveillance and the Indian Reality 2017-01-20

#airtel

• Cheapest Data My Ass: The Regressive Tax on Being Poor 2024-09-13

#anti-defection

• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15

#audhd

#bangalore

• Dairy Circle Buttermilk 2015-01-15

#broken-democracy-series

• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• The Epistocracy Trap 2016-06-13
• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01
• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26
• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22
• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17
• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15
• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22
• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01
• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01

#caste

• The Epistocracy Trap 2016-06-13
• Dairy Circle Buttermilk 2015-01-15

#childhood

• Laddu Logic and the Feedback Loop of Shit 2023-02-11

#cinema

• OJT for Clowns 2026-05-23
• Same Poison, Different Bottle 2026-03-10
• Looks Matter, And That's Why We're Fucked 2025-12-01
• Are Our People Depoliticised? 2024-03-04

#comms

• Is free software needed for communicating electronically? 2014-02-10

#corporations

• The Economics of the Ghost Calorie 2024-11-04

#corruption

• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01

#culture

• Laddu Logic and the Feedback Loop of Shit 2023-02-11
• Colonial Hangovers and Kerala Heat 2012-09-25

#deadrat

• OJT for Clowns 2026-05-23
• Same Poison, Different Bottle 2026-03-10
• Looks Matter, And That's Why We're Fucked 2025-12-01
• I Nuked My Homelab Because I Got Tired 2025-10-02
• Mothers' Day (Note the Apostrophe) 2025-05-12
• Are Our People Depoliticised? 2024-03-04
• The M-Dash Conspiracy: A Journey Into Synthetic Sadness 2023-05-23
• He(/she) isn’t the same person I fell in love with. (Or maybe I never met them.) 2019-07-21
• A lame shitpost about Convocation. 2019-03-30
• Open letter - Apology for being politically incorrect 2017-08-22
• Put Away Childish Things 2017-02-12
• Nothing Personal Anymore 2015-08-22
• Anna Jarvis Can't Rest 2011-05-08
• I am still deadrat 2010-06-17
• deadrat needs a girlfriend...? 2009-04-03
• Wood Is Renewable, You Idiot 2008-11-28
• Fuck You tree hugging bastards 2008-11-27
• Hey Dad! I 'll disappoint you. 2008-09-15
• This is not really a blog 2008-08-11
• Introduction 2008-08-09

#death

• Why Assholes Always Buy the Same Cars – An Unscientific Guide to Dodging Dudebros in India 2022-11-19
• Demonetisation: the prophecy and the bill we all will pay 2016-11-19
• Easy method to kill onesself. 2008-08-08

#decentralization

• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26

#delimitation

• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01

#democracy

• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• The Epistocracy Trap 2016-06-13
• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01
• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26
• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22
• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17
• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15
• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22
• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01
• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01

#diary

• Put Away Childish Things 2017-02-12
• Dairy Circle Buttermilk 2015-01-15

#economics

• The Economics of the Ghost Calorie 2024-11-04

#elections

• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29

#electoral-reform

• The Teardown 2016-06-22

#energy

• Sun Burn: The Visceral Decay of the PM Surya Ghar Scheme 2025-06-15

#engineering

• Scavenging for Pressure: The Mechanics of the Mist 2024-05-10

#environment

• Hungry Water and The Straight Line Delusion 2011-08-22
• Wood Is Renewable, You Idiot 2008-11-28

#evil

• Why Assholes Always Buy the Same Cars – An Unscientific Guide to Dodging Dudebros in India 2022-11-19
• Are people really that dumb to eat whatever shit the media throws at them? 2021-12-19
• Demonetisation: the prophecy and the bill we all will pay 2016-11-19

#federalism

• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01

#feminism

• India's prenatal sex determination ban: When legal intervention meets unintended harm 2025-01-04

#finance

• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15

#food

• The Economics of the Ghost Calorie 2024-11-04

#fptp

• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01

#free

• The fault in defaults 2018-06-28
• Is free software needed for communicating electronically? 2014-02-10

#frustration

• Scavenging for Pressure: The Mechanics of the Mist 2024-05-10

#health

• The Economics of the Ghost Calorie 2024-11-04

#healthcare

• India's prenatal sex determination ban: When legal intervention meets unintended harm 2025-01-04

#heat wave

• Hard Water and Dead Nozzles 2024-06-05
• Scavenging for Pressure: The Mechanics of the Mist 2024-05-10
• Evaporative Cooling, Red Tiles, and the Unforgiving Sun 2024-05-08

#homelab

• I Nuked My Homelab Because I Got Tired 2025-10-02
• The Infrastructure of Shadows: Why We Build Bridges in the Void 2017-01-15

#identity

#india

• UCC, Polygamous Gods, and the Leftist Cowardice 2025-01-13
• India's prenatal sex determination ban: When legal intervention meets unintended harm 2025-01-04
• Laddu Logic and the Feedback Loop of Shit 2023-02-11
• Coimbatore: Blood and Cotton 2022-01-14
• The Infrastructure of Shadows: Why We Build Bridges in the Void 2017-01-15

#inequality

• Cheapest Data My Ass: The Regressive Tax on Being Poor 2024-09-13

#jio

• Cheapest Data My Ass: The Regressive Tax on Being Poor 2024-09-13

#law

• India's prenatal sex determination ban: When legal intervention meets unintended harm 2025-01-04

#life

• Sun Burn: The Visceral Decay of the PM Surya Ghar Scheme 2025-06-15
• The Great Indian Bamboozle: How We Perfected Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich 2024-09-05
• Hard Water and Dead Nozzles 2024-06-05
• Evaporative Cooling, Red Tiles, and the Unforgiving Sun 2024-05-08
• Why Assholes Always Buy the Same Cars – An Unscientific Guide to Dodging Dudebros in India 2022-11-19
• No Tips Please 2022-09-05
• Consolidating the Dumpster Fire 2022-01-13
• Are people really that dumb to eat whatever shit the media throws at them? 2021-12-19
• Can pain rob me of my sanity (or is it making me sane again?) 2019-08-12
• He(/she) isn’t the same person I fell in love with. (Or maybe I never met them.) 2019-07-21
• A lame shitpost about Convocation. 2019-03-30
• The Thermocol Experiment 2017-04-29
• Demonetisation: the prophecy and the bill we all will pay 2016-11-19
• Nothing Personal Anymore 2015-08-22
• Call the cab! Tell them to join the Union!! 2015-07-07
• Colonial Hangovers and Kerala Heat 2012-09-25
• Hungry Water and The Straight Line Delusion 2011-08-22

#loneliness

• Nothing Personal Anymore 2015-08-22

#love

• Can pain rob me of my sanity (or is it making me sane again?) 2019-08-12
• He(/she) isn’t the same person I fell in love with. (Or maybe I never met them.) 2019-07-21
• deadrat needs a girlfriend...? 2009-04-03

#media

• Laddu Logic and the Feedback Loop of Shit 2023-02-11
• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11

#meta

• Consolidating the Dumpster Fire 2022-01-13
• Follow-up to 2012 - the old posts are gone (for real) 2017-09-21
• Most of the Old posts are gone; (Actually moved to someplace safe 😉 ) 2012-07-07

#money

• Sun Burn: The Visceral Decay of the PM Surya Ghar Scheme 2025-06-15
• The Great Indian Bamboozle: How We Perfected Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich 2024-09-05
• Why Assholes Always Buy the Same Cars – An Unscientific Guide to Dodging Dudebros in India 2022-11-19
• No Tips Please 2022-09-05
• Demonetisation: the prophecy and the bill we all will pay 2016-11-19
• Call the cab! Tell them to join the Union!! 2015-07-07
• Sometimes, saving ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓... 2008-12-01

#naidu

• Coimbatore: Blood and Cotton 2022-01-14

#nandini

• Dairy Circle Buttermilk 2015-01-15

#observations

• Mothers' Day (Note the Apostrophe) 2025-05-12
• The Green Stain 2020-02-14
• Anna Jarvis Can't Rest 2011-05-08

#panchayat

• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26

#politics

• OJT for Clowns 2026-05-23
• Same Poison, Different Bottle 2026-03-10
• Looks Matter, And That's Why We're Fucked 2025-12-01
• Sun Burn: The Visceral Decay of the PM Surya Ghar Scheme 2025-06-15
• UCC, Polygamous Gods, and the Leftist Cowardice 2025-01-13
• India's prenatal sex determination ban: When legal intervention meets unintended harm 2025-01-04
• The Great Indian Bamboozle: How We Perfected Stealing from the Poor to Give to the Rich 2024-09-05
• Are Our People Depoliticised? 2024-03-04
• No Tips Please 2022-09-05
• Coimbatore: Blood and Cotton 2022-01-14
• Are people really that dumb to eat whatever shit the media throws at them? 2021-12-19
• The Thermocol Experiment 2017-04-29
• The Art of Becoming a Ghost: Surveillance and the Indian Reality 2017-01-20
• Demonetisation: the prophecy and the bill we all will pay 2016-11-19
• The Lever We Won't Pull 2016-06-28
• The Teardown 2016-06-22
• The Epistocracy Trap 2016-06-13
• How to Buy a Democracy 2016-06-11
• The Fixed Match 2016-06-01
• The Empty Steering Wheel 2016-05-26
• The Black Box and the Paper Trail 2016-05-22
• The High Ground of Fools 2016-05-20
• What the fuck is NOTA? 2016-04-17
• The Tyranny of the Whip 2015-07-15
• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22
• Taxation Without Representation 2015-05-15
• The Demographic Penalty 2015-05-01
• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01
• Hungry Water and The Straight Line Delusion 2011-08-22

#privacy

• The Art of Becoming a Ghost: Surveillance and the Indian Reality 2017-01-20
• The Infrastructure of Shadows: Why We Build Bridges in the Void 2017-01-15

#rajya-sabha

• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01
• The Rajya Sabha Backdoor 2015-05-29
• The Upper House Mirage 2015-05-22

#rant

• UCC, Polygamous Gods, and the Leftist Cowardice 2025-01-13

#reform

• A Proportional Shield 2015-06-01

#religion

• UCC, Polygamous Gods, and the Leftist Cowardice 2025-01-13

#revelation

• Wood Is Renewable, You Idiot 2008-11-28

#scam

• Cheapest Data My Ass: The Regressive Tax on Being Poor 2024-09-13

#sex

• deadrat needs a girlfriend...? 2009-04-03

#shitpost

• Wood Is Renewable, You Idiot 2008-11-28
• Fuck You tree hugging bastards 2008-11-27

#society

• Mothers' Day (Note the Apostrophe) 2025-05-12
• Anna Jarvis Can't Rest 2011-05-08

#surveillance

• The Art of Becoming a Ghost: Surveillance and the Indian Reality 2017-01-20
• The Infrastructure of Shadows: Why We Build Bridges in the Void 2017-01-15

#tamil-nadu

• OJT for Clowns 2026-05-23
• Same Poison, Different Bottle 2026-03-10
• Looks Matter, And That's Why We're Fucked 2025-12-01
• Are Our People Depoliticised? 2024-03-04

#tech

• I Nuked My Homelab Because I Got Tired 2025-10-02
• Hard Water and Dead Nozzles 2024-06-05
• Scavenging for Pressure: The Mechanics of the Mist 2024-05-10
• Evaporative Cooling, Red Tiles, and the Unforgiving Sun 2024-05-08
• The M-Dash Conspiracy: A Journey Into Synthetic Sadness 2023-05-23
• The fault in defaults 2018-06-28

#tech-debt

• The Green Stain 2020-02-14

#television

• Laddu Logic and the Feedback Loop of Shit 2023-02-11

#tor

• The Infrastructure of Shadows: Why We Build Bridges in the Void 2017-01-15

#urban-decay

• The Green Stain 2020-02-14

#vijay

• OJT for Clowns 2026-05-23
• Same Poison, Different Bottle 2026-03-10
• Looks Matter, And That's Why We're Fucked 2025-12-01

#voting

• The Independent Candidate is a Myth 2015-03-15
• The STV Mirage 2015-03-07
• Enter the Cure: MMP 2015-03-05
• The Wasted Vote Epidemic 2015-02-27
• The Delhi Anomaly 2015-02-14
• The 31% Dictatorship 2015-02-01

#weather

• Hard Water and Dead Nozzles 2024-06-05
• Scavenging for Pressure: The Mechanics of the Mist 2024-05-10
• Evaporative Cooling, Red Tiles, and the Unforgiving Sun 2024-05-08

#writing

• Put Away Childish Things 2017-02-12