Public Notes · In my own words
Short notes, history, and analysis — posted as they are written. No login, no comments, no clutter. Just the note, and the story behind it.
A public notebook. Short notes, in my own words, posted as they are written — no login, no comments, no clutter.
Not a news site, not a shop, and not a social feed. Each entry stands on its own, with its own link you can share.
Browse the entries below, open one to read it in full, and share that single post link. New entries appear here first.
The SOP for the vote, the legal analysis under Article 324(5) and Article 19, and the social analysis — with AI illustrations of the 31 October meeting, the Ramlila rally, and the West Delhi counter-march.
Read the note →From the Dandi March to Dharasana: how salt turned a pledge into a protest, and the chain of leaders — Gandhi, Nehru, Patel, Rajagopalachari, Ghaffar Khan, Sarojini Naidu — who kept it going.
Read the note →It is a privilege to watch India in its new making — and why Meira Kumar stepping forward to preside over that working meeting stayed with me.
Read the note →How the Purna Swaraj resolution, a public flag-hoisting, and a pledge taken across the country turned a meeting into a beginning — and why that matters for a new India today.
Read the note →Then vs Now: form, chair, motion, public witness — and the three parallels that hold, and the three divergences that break the parallel if you ignore them.
Read the note →People will frown upon these notes for daring to compare. People like me are watching it in awe — for daring to think there is scope to improve doesn't hurt me.
Read the note →The purpose of this site, how a note becomes an entry, and how the columns on this page are meant to be read.
Read the note →Send a new note, and it will appear here as the next entry in the grid — no other changes needed to the site.