Ban, Religion and Inequality
As #bantheban banters the intelligentsia, the cause of pluralism and the idea of secularism faces quite an uphill task. On one hand, there is resilience, on the other hand there is ...
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D Day, BABY and now Phantom – The escape route through Bollywood
Years back one of the channels was telecasting Prem Pujaari and I being an ardent fan of Dev Anand, had watched the entire film for the umpteenth time. It was obviously ...
The “failed” NSA level talks
The recent "failed" NSA level talks between India and Pakistan which was scheduled to have taken place as an important follow-through of the Ufa Joint statement issued by the two countries, ...
An ode to the obnoxious Mani Shankar Aiyar
Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an oft-mocked man these days. Especially since the man he derided as a Chaiwallah, ended up becoming the PM. Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar is an IFS ...
The role of Indian Media and show-cause notices to ABP, NDTV and Aaj Tak
What is the principal function of Media in a society? Well if I answer in strict ideological terms then the role of the media in a society can be described under ...
Candles For Yakub Memon? Death Penalty Is An Antidote To Terror
Is death penalty an antidote to terror? Read on Remember Gadkari-Kejriwal affair? When Kejriwal went to jail because he has no substantive reason for calling Gadkari “India’s most corrupt”. At that ...
Not calling them traitors but this cry-fest for Yakub Memon was unwarranted, unjustified and unprincipled
On On 26th of May 2014, the ever so controversial Narendra Damodardas Modi started his tenure after his swearing-in as the 15th Prime Minister of India. The occasion was grand. The ...
All you folks crying for Yakub Memon – Tumhaara koi apna nahin mara na?
Two days back when the Gurdaspur attack happened and the images of the dead were splashed all around, we winced. The bloodied face of the martyred SP haunted us for a ...
Come on India, let us all pray for Yakub Memon
India the land of Ram and Krishna, Buddha and Mahavira, Chanakya and Varahmihira, Ramanujan and Kalam just got a brand new super idol. This super idol is unlikely in all respects, ...
An apology to Indian Muslims
In school when we used to take the India pledge and proudly say – “India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and ...
Afghanistan conundrum?
In 1979, as Afghanistan was being trampled under Soviet boots, the might of the Capitalist West united under the leadership of US to turn Afghanistan into the Soviet Union's Vietnam. With every passing ...
When the NSCN men escaped – the Prison Break of Shillong
It was August of 1995. I do not remember the exact date though. My homeland Shillong had by that time become a favourite hub of ultras from across the North eastern ...
