Mind your Buffalo

Folks are "accidentally" killing people on "suspicion" of transporting beef, an old uncle is bullied by dudes on a moving train, elite schools are banning non-veg tiffin boxes & kids think Kalki 2898 AD is based on history-- in the middle of this social breakdown, your therapist asks you to ground yourself by touching grass.

Welcome to hell!

Our esteemed Lordships at the Supreme Court has spoken. SC/ST "creamy" layer should be skimmed they have suggested helpfully. An utterly, butterly episode deliciously unpacking the judgement on SC ST subcategorizing & privilege.

A deep dive on US 'Empire' from Gramsci, Adorno, Chomsky & Howard Zinn with special mentions to Kurt Vonnegut & Malcolm X ~ the Buffalo puts on his US history/politics "hat" literally & figuratively & breaks down Trump's rise, Biden's descent, Kamala aunty stepping up.
Is this the collapse into 'big' evil or have we seen that already under smoother (war) criminals like Obama, Clinton & Bush.

Airports are falling apart, streets are flooded, air is unbreathable, its so hot that ACs are blowing up-- who is responsible for this? who created this mess?

PS. stop blaming the politicians & enjoy the IPA!

From NEET & UGC NET, to coaching class mafia, to private universities erasing caste-based affirmative action, to Not-Found-Suitable scams, to student suicides, to Teach for India, to NCERT tweaks, to changing SC/ST overseas scholarship policies, to everything.. its all broken.

Fixing the Indian education system is nobody's priority.

Reactions to the Lok Sabha 2024 election results. I talk in particular of UP, Bihar, Bengal, Telangana mainly & the missed opportunities of INDIA in MP, Odisha, etc. I also talk of the future of BSP, VBA & Ambedkarite leaders like Azad in era of "savarna social justice politics" & potential future of Modi-Shah & BJP.

as Lok Sabha elections wind down, amid talk of seat numbers & voter percentages, we try to look at the softer idea of social fabric & civility which has broken down across small-towns, especially in north India. 


Annie Zaidi, one of my favorite contemporary writers, shares some of her insights & experiences about what it means to be Muslim, what it means to feeling belonging in a society that has changed in ways that votes cannot fix.

a peak Buffalo rant, full of bitterness & bile. exercise caution.

Bold prediction, not only is BJP not getting 400 seats. They will struggle to make a govt. Remember you heard it first here. 
Welcome to an "Election Special" where the Buffalo finally reveals his nerdy deep dive interest in electoral politics-- numbers, states, votes & elections.

One of my favorite funny men, Ravi Gaikwad joins in to shoot the breeze about IPL uncles, comedy, caste & the 'Blue Material' lineup which is on the verge of exploding onto the mainstream face.