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I Am Intolerant. And I’m Not Sorry About It.

One-line continuous drawing of Che Guevara with a cigar, based on an iconic black-and-white photograph, featured in the essay "I Am Intolerant".

In today’s climate, that statement is enough to invite assumptions. It sounds like the declaration of someone unwilling to listen, unwilling to engage, unwilling to accept differences. The word itself…

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Raktabija Suras on Bengaluru Roads

Continuous line drawing of the demon Raktabeejasura digging potholes on a Bengaluru city road, with multiple craters, vehicles, and a city skyline in the background, representing the persistence of pothole problems.

The potholes on Bengaluru’s roads are famous—though for all the wrong reasons. Hardly a day passes without them making the news. Successive deadlines have been announced by the Karnataka government…

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