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selected writing

​thoughts
india's right-wing hindu groups recycle colonial ideas about religion, washington post (2017) 
an honest mistake, even (2017)
how jaywalking became a crime, washington post (2016)
why receiving compliments can be a high price to pay, aeon (2016)

reviews/criticism
thinking with martin luther king jr, la review of books (2018)
limits of knowing, frieze (2017)
where randomness and madness reign, the millions (2017)
monochrome glaze on the world, la review of books (2016)
for love of country, boston review (2016)
renegade political fiction, the millions (2016)
trials and error, n+1 (2015) 

misc
mahasweta devi, paris review daily (2016)