When reflexive blame collapses under facts, power feels exposed. Bondi Beach marks a shift from moral certainty to scrutiny.
By Akif Khan

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When The World Stopped Believing India For decades, India benefited from a near automatic presumption of victimhood in matters of terrorism. That presumption is now eroding.

Bondi Beach exposed how fast blame travels and how slowly truth follows. Old narratives failed when evidence replaced assumption.
By Akif Khan

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The Republic of Recursive Prophecy This essay is part of an ongoing investigation into how late-modern societies lose their shared grammar of verification. As public discourse fragments, competing factions construct parallel epistem…

Factions don’t fight over facts anymore—they fight over what counts as a fact. Truth isn’t discovered; it’s performed.

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The Dangerous Metaphor of Unemployment "Scarring" The concept of "scarring" in unemployment policy is a misleading metaphor with significant, negative consequences for individuals.

We say unemployment “scars” people. Is it a damaging metaphor that limits how we think about labour & worth.

New piece in Social Europe asking:

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Cruel to be kind | The Express Tribune Cruel to be kind

"11 years of narrative policing. Even praise invites hate. Why? Because power without grace demands submission. India’s media strategy, Pakistan’s response, & my reckoning. New in @etribune: Cruel to be Kind." tribune.com.pk/story/255421...
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