Agastya Chandrakant

Living with HIV during COVID-19: An interview with HIV-positive sex workers about how pandemic has affected their lives

This interview was conducted back in June 2020 for Wikinews has has been since published here. The following are the two interviews with HIV-positive sex workers.

Religion • a year ago

An interview with Zara Kay about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi

This interview was conducted back in 2019 for Wikinews and the text has been since published here. The following is the interview with Zara Kay that took place in 2019.

Opportunity • a year ago

To the people who are appalled by the death of the pregnant elephant...

I am continuously astonished by the outpouring of condemnation people have expressed to this unfortunate incident. And I am glad instead of staying silent, and ruling this case hopeless; you chose to speak against this cruelty. It humbles me to see people unanimously stand up for these animals.

Shout-out • 2 years ago

Shout-out to my friend's poetry

It’s hard not to tear up. It’s harder to find words and stand up. I see what I love turning into something I fear. I want back what was once dear. I want to be there for people who have suffered harm. Not my home to be the animal farm.

Rantzone • 2 years ago

Period Rants

I am willing to bet I don't know much about periods. Especially the darned phrases. I just can't seem to understand them!

Book reviews • 3 years ago

Paulo Coelho's "The Spy"

I really liked the style of storytelling. The letter Mata Hari wrote is about her life, set in the late nineteenth century to the second decade of the twentieth.

Questions • 3 years ago

How do we fall in love?

I wonder how it was like for you, when you went for a walk with your grandfather. Or when your grandmother would give you a sound piece of advice.

Shout-out • 3 years ago

Shout-out to Shria's cover for 'Slow Dancing in the Dark'

Don't read. Listen.

Opportunity • 3 years ago

Is "karma" a bitch?

"Karma" is one of the well-known words that English has adopted from Sanskrit. "Pundit" is another word which comes to my mind. However, the process of adoption distorts the words, many-a-times. "Pundit" does not mean the exact same thing, "Karma" does not sound anything like its root word, "कर्म".

Questions • 3 years ago

Teaching about 'hatred'

"I guess I have to do it now. It does not feel right to tell my little boy about all the atrocities that has happened because of the race, gender, ethnicity, et cetera. I wish that poor innocent soul would never have to learn about it. But I do not want him to be unaware of the past."

Education • 3 years ago

Education

"Education" might not be the correct word for what I want to share right now. How about "Education System"? There might be a few people who would agree that current education system is doomed.

Life lessons • 3 years ago

Dear Tecrübe,

Dear Tecrübe, I may not be the person you feel comfortable talking and opening up to, and it is not your fault; and there may be a million things you would rather do, before even thinking of letting me speak to you, but it is my duty to tell you this:

Appreciation • 3 years ago

"Tipping"

When you give money to someone at the restaurant because they opened the door for you, they would thank you for the money—but I can not think of a more embarrassing moment if someone gives me money for some random act of kindness [or, things] I was expected to do.

Life lessons • 4 years ago

Deservance

I have been questioning myself "Do I deserve it?" for more than two [years] now. Less often than before. I ask it thrice; emphasising on "I", "deserve" and "it" each time and notice how the tone of the question changes with dragging a few syllables.

Weblog • 8 years ago

What I wrote about 'patriotism' in September 2013

This is something I wrote in September 2013, for a morning assembly speech, but I did not write everything and did not explain everything. To deliver a speech, I used to pen down my thoughts on a piece of paper — to have an idea what came to my mind.