Shivam Dave·Sep 17, 2020The Color of Carnage in Trump’s AmericaThe concept of representation, the idea that you can be just like someone because that someone looks like you or speaks like you or grew…
Shivam Dave·Mar 5, 2020I Like LizI don’t think Elizabeth Warren’s done yet. One way or another, she’s going to be a force to be reckoned with for the rest of this election…
Shivam Dave·Sep 20, 2019Not in my nameA few years ago, I wrote a rather uninspired piece about the ambivalence with which I embrace (at arm’s length) India as a country. The…
Shivam Dave·Sep 1, 2019This is fucked up.Yesterday there was another mass shooting in Texas. It came four weeks to the day after the last mass shooting in Texas. Today, eight laws…
Shivam Dave·Apr 5, 2019Of Love, Basketball, and Zion WilliamsonI can’t stop thinking about that one play by Zion Williamson.
Shivam Dave·Sep 24, 2017The Stupidity of “Sticking to Sports”R/NBA, a subreddit dedicated to all things NBA, is an odd conglomeration of posts. You have typical fan discussions, attempts at higher…
Shivam Dave·Aug 29, 2017A Political StormA particularly painful irony is the showing of unity and sympathy that spontaneously arises in America in response to a catastrophe. The…
Shivam Dave·Jan 14, 2017Dear President Obama,There is no better example of time flying than the fact that we now speak of your impending legacy, the impact that you will be remembered…