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Expect Congress-BJP tussle for Hindutva in 2019

24 Dec 2017

Expect Congress-BJP tussle for Hindutva in 2019

Secularism is dead. The epitaph of pseudo-secularism has been written in the palimpsest of Indian politics. The atavistic war cry ‘Long live pluralism’ and ‘Nationalist ...

In name of FOE, polls become a tryst with invective

26 Nov 2017

In name of FOE, polls become a tryst with invective

In the election carnival, FOE (Freedom of Expression) is a harried Harlequin. Fiction parades as fact. Truth assumes the guise of untruth. Illusion and sleight ...

Distortion of Hindu icons shows lust for lucre

19 Nov 2017

Distortion of Hindu icons shows lust for lucre

Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world. Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard, the disruptionist filmmaker, could well have been referring to the day’s film of fury, ...

Endgame in twin turfs will minimise or maximise NaMo and RaGa; more or less

12 Nov 2017

Endgame in twin turfs will minimise or maximise NaMo and RaGa; more or less

Elections used to be the statistician’s nightmare, the bookie’s delight and the astrologer’s meal ticket. However, the sponsored science of psephology has eliminated the frisson ...

As world unites over terror-driven immigration fears, Indian liberals cry Hindu wolf

05 Nov 2017

As world unites over terror-driven immigration fears, Indian liberals cry Hindu wolf

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost ...

To be David, Rahul needs more than sarcastic sallies against Goliath Modi to score in 2019

29 Oct 2017

To be David, Rahul needs more than sarcastic sallies against Goliath Modi to score in 2019

Reinvention is the stepmother of necessity with both the markets and the masses. To keep its loyal customer base and attract new ones, automobile giants ...

Crack down on cars not crackers and save ecology and heritage from cultural quislings

22 Oct 2017

Crack down on cars not crackers and save ecology and heritage from cultural quislings

Diwali this year in Delhi was quieter than the last. A judicial order, banning the sale of firecrackers in the national capital, put the fear ...

Time to drop religion from names to make BHU and AMU academically pre-eminent

15 Oct 2017

Time to drop religion from names to make BHU and AMU academically pre-eminent

Reading the tea leaves of history, it is evident that events and actions of the past dictate the narrative of the future. Academic populism is ...

Political and business greed is sabotaging education with caste, crime and calumny

01 Oct 2017

Political and business greed is sabotaging education with caste, crime and calumny

Universities are considered the nurseries of young intellect. They are meant to be the dharmakshetra of talent to fuel the leadership of the future instead ...

With airmiles and addresses, RaGa must sustain his connect to party and people

24 Sep 2017

With airmiles and addresses, RaGa must sustain his connect to party and people

The paradox of politics is that leaders make history with politically incorrect high-profile actions to assume power. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is the known ...

Ignore ill-liberals, treat Rohingyas unwanted by Islamic nations as security threat

17 Sep 2017

Ignore ill-liberals, treat Rohingyas unwanted by Islamic nations as security threat

No two letters tickle or titillate India’s bleeding heart elite than M for Muslim and K for Kashmir. Legitimate and well-documented criticism of extremists and ...

Instead of reshuffles in Delhi, PM must allot ministers to states to change the narrative

03 Sep 2017

Instead of reshuffles in Delhi, PM must allot ministers to states to change the narrative

Today is the day of reckoning for the ministerial class in Delhi. As the constellation of the Narendra Modi solar system gets a reshuffle, some ...

Spiritual caste divisions create gurus with Moolah, Hooplah and violent followers

27 Aug 2017

Spiritual caste divisions create gurus with Moolah, Hooplah and violent followers

Legend has it that Adi Shankara was taught by the low caste Chandala that all beings in the world are one and the same. However, ...

As champion of Muslim women, BJP to polarise gender by winning hearts and votes

20 Aug 2017

As champion of Muslim women, BJP to polarise gender by winning hearts and votes

Politics is the art of creating less of the same by using more of the same. Hence, the BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ...

Power-deprived Congress defectors seek power and perks in BJP’s saffron pastures

30 Jul 2017

Power-deprived Congress defectors seek power and perks in BJP’s saffron pastures

Power and principles make strange bedfellows in the politics of negotiation. Show a leader a throne, and Presto!—old principles are magically replaced by newly invented ...

Free Indian foreign policy from Nehruvian dialogue habit to trap China-Pakistan Axis

16 Jul 2017

Free Indian foreign policy from Nehruvian dialogue habit to trap China-Pakistan Axis

Politicians are perjurers of prophesy. They pull out distortion spells from the grimoire of their ambitions and manipulate facts to project a magical future for ...

NaMo’s hugs and handshakes diplomacy defies interpretation and mocks convention

09 Jul 2017

NaMo’s hugs and handshakes diplomacy defies interpretation and mocks convention

A handshake with history is every leader’s passion; embracing destiny is a prerogative. India’s frequent flyer prime minister, Narendra Modi, does the first with the ...

In cine-led tamil politics, Rajini could be the enigma force for BJP’s power drive

25 Jun 2017

In cine-led tamil politics, Rajini could be the enigma force for BJP’s power drive

Reinvention is the survival mantra in both politics and cinema. Looking for a new role and script, 66-year-old superstar Rajinikanth feels his hour has come ...

Spirit, not just letter of the Constitution, will decide Modi’s prez for smooth agenda

18 Jun 2017

Spirit, not just letter of the Constitution, will decide Modi’s prez for smooth agenda

Size doesn’t matter. Not on Raisina Hill. Or else, the might of the President of India would have towered over the Prime Minister in the ...

To redeem rural India in lament, destroy the elitist mindset of pro-corporate politics

11 Jun 2017

To redeem rural India in lament, destroy the elitist mindset of pro-corporate politics

Centre has decided to double farmers’ income by 2022 by improving technology, increasing milk production, use of solar light, honey production. PM Narendra Modi, April 16   There ...

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