Rahul Karanpuriya

What happened with the students during the march set out from Jantar Mantar to Parliament or in Jharkhand did not make me feel angry. That surprised me a little, because anger is the expected currency of days like these. Picture Credits @ HIndustan Times Students, mostly. They were asking for one thing, the resignation of a minister, over exams that had been leaked and futures that had been quietly rearranged because of it. The police did what the police were always going to do. There were...

A Reflection on Tiredness, Guilt, and the Life We Never Chose It was October 2025. I was sitting on the floor with a group of young fellows, twenty-somethings, some fresh out of college, a few who had left jobs, all of them wanting to give their lives to something that mattered. We had been talking for hours. And then one of them, almost to herself, said a thing I have not been able to put down since. "Main thak gayi hoon, par kisi cheez se nahi. Bas... thak gayi hoon." I am tired, but not...

What does it mean to choose wholeness in a world built on fragmentation? A personal journey through ache, community, Alivelihood, and...