Tag: identity
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The truth about bullet riders
This was written in response to a Quora question. The question was “Why trend to purchase bullet bikes increased in India?” I think bikes (as most other things) are bought not only for its functional relevance but for its psychological relevance. (If you can commute ably with a 35k bike, why would you spend a […]
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On why it took a firang to start FabIndia/ OR Why India still can’t chart its own modernity
Exhibit 1a. Girl wearing a chuda, off for clubbing late at night This is one of those simplistic visual tropes one might expect in any ‘tradition meets modernity’ narrative. In one of the automobile brand ads, I believe there is one such shot too. (the brand champions the insight about modernity being tempered by the […]