24 Dec 2017
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 ...
26 Nov 2017
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 ...
19 Nov 2017
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, ...
12 Nov 2017
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 ...
05 Nov 2017
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 ...
29 Oct 2017
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 ...
22 Oct 2017
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 ...
15 Oct 2017
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 ...
01 Oct 2017
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 ...
24 Sep 2017
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 ...
17 Sep 2017
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 ...
03 Sep 2017
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 ...
27 Aug 2017
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, ...
20 Aug 2017
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 ...
30 Jul 2017
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 ...
16 Jul 2017
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 ...
09 Jul 2017
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 ...
25 Jun 2017
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 ...
18 Jun 2017
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 ...
11 Jun 2017
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 ...