Anurag Das

Don’t suffer. It has always been tough for me to understand why people suffer so much. And most of the time I observed that most of them suffer for no reason at all. During the pandemic, that is exactly what happened. For most people, the pandemic was a time when there was mostly nothing to do. The outside world was cut off. All we had to do was maintain precautionary measures and simply relax. The ones who were affected the most during the pandemic — those infected with the virus and the...

War makes certain people rich while destroying the people and places where it is conducted. Wars paved the way for many developed nations today to reach great heights of economic prosperity. A proven system, it seems. Conquest of far-off lands for booty has been the norm since time immemorial. History has taught us exactly that. But what happens if you can justify the wars you wage on others? What if you can build a narrative that makes your warring nature look like that of a saviour? That...

I come from the northeastern state of Tripura. The place where I grew up is a small town 60 km away from the state capital, Agartala. As a child, whenever I saw planes passing by, I stared at them and was deeply fascinated. Who else here wanted to become a pilot as a kid? As a child, I too wanted to become a pilot. It was the awe, the wonder of what the sky would be like. The feeling of flying high in the sky among the clouds with the birds was the dream of many kids like me. A child is...