A historical primer: The year 1975 saw the imposition of Emergency, a highly unpopular decision of the then Congress Govt. that was criticized by many as being contrarian to democratic principles. ...
“Portrayal of negativity is fine. But optimism is the oxygen we require so much.”-a BJP sympathizer told me yesterday. The direct sources of communication which the Prime Minister employs to connect ...
Thanks to the Media which is perennially suffering from Diarrhoea as far as making and selling news is concerned, Sadhus and Shankaracharyas, claiming to represent Hinduism, have started becoming a part ...
Modi's love-hate relationship with mainstream media is well known by now! More of hate than love by the mainstream media, to be precise! While it helped him in some ways while ...
The Vyapam Scam is one of the biggest scams plaguing Madhya Pradesh for decades. It involved a major racket whereby seats in colleges were sold for cash and several exams were ...
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal announced his presidential bid last week. As he strongly distanced himself from the land of his forefathers, Indians took to Twitter with the hash tag # BobbyJindalIsSoWhite. ...
Indian National Congress ka haath- Gandhi ke saath! For 60 years, Indian National Congress has deftly managed public opinion and managed to cling to power in a cacophonous democracy like India. ...
Justice,equality,emancipation,belief-somewhere my life gets dull and lambasted when such heavy utopian phrases scribe in the air. For long, India has bragged of its stance of being the world’s largest democracy. The ...
"Those who dare to show us their eyes will have them gouged and thrown on the streets. If someone shows us their hands we will cut them off,” said Abhishek Banerjee, ...
My friend Satish, the only graduate in my group, told me that the iron lady is actually a crook. She won by deceit in last elections so the courts pinned her. ...
Ever since the horrific incident at Charlie Hebdo, the echo of ‘freedom of expression’ has grown louder. In India it peaked around March, also the time when the much debated ...
Why the Biggest Newsbreak of the Year Was Also the Biggest Journalistic Failure of the Year A year after the BJP government came to power, several surveys about its performance were ...
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