How a Judge's Insult Became a Political Party

One fine day, the Chief Justice of India makes an offhand comment in court, and somewhere in it, he calls a certain kind of unemployed youth cockroaches. That's the whole spark — and what came after is the strangest political story I've watched unfold in real time.

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— Pooja

a few notes so far

What the budget actually changed at my kitchen table

Not the GDP number. The price of dal, the school fee reminder, the LPG cylinder.

5 min read

My mother votes differently than me. We still eat dinner together

Here's what actually happens at our table during election season.

4 min read

The politics you inherit before you understand it

Nobody explained who "we" were supposed to be against. It just arrived, quietly.

6 min read

The cook, the driver, and the news I actually trust

Not the anchors shouting on TV — the people I talk to every day.

5 min read

I am tired of being told what a "real" Indian woman should think

Every political side has an opinion about what women like me should want. Here's mine.