78,010 books
—
290,929 voters
Shrivatsan Ragavan
https://www.goodreads.com/shriace13
Him. He misses a person and she is still living. I haven’t missed you for long and you are so gone. Then he stepped away from the poem midsentence… we must have been lonely people to say those things then.
“I think the answer is far more simple than many have led us to believe: we have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism, the reigning ideology for the entire period we have been struggling to find a way out of this crisis. We are stuck because the actions that would give us the best chance of averting catastrophe—and would benefit the vast majority—are extremely threatening to an elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.”
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
― This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
“The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.”
― The Weary Blues
― The Weary Blues
“Pre-modern Hinduism had its warts—big and small—as do all religions, but its subtleties were richer than what is now being thrust on its believers. Hindutva is in many ways the antithesis of Hinduism, and aims to create a society that is narrow, bigoted and inward looking, in which the co-existence with those that differ, such as the minority communities of various kinds, is becoming increasingly impossible, as demonstrated by the frequency of communal riots.”
― The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
― The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
“Hindutva claims to represent indigenous Indian thought opposed to western interpretations of Indian religion, traditions and culture. The claim is that colonial scholarship used its understanding of Indian culture for political purposes to justify colonialism. Yet Hindutva is doing precisely the same by reformulating Hinduism along the lines suggested by colonial interpretations in order to facilitate its use in political mobilization. It uses colonial constructions of the Indian past such as the theories of James Mill and Max Mueller to further its programme of political control. The exploitation of history becomes a significant dimension of its attempt to appropriate the understanding of the past.”
― The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
― The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
“Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers. Bring me all of your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too rough fingers Of the world.”
― The Weary Blues
― The Weary Blues
R/India
— 621 members
— last activity May 02, 2026 11:44AM
A small group for all the reddit lurkers. P.s check out https://www.reddit.com/r/Indianbooks/
Shrivatsan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Shrivatsan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Shrivatsan
Lists liked by Shrivatsan















































