When we speak proudly of a highly successful and prosperous diaspora, the underlying truth of an unfortunate brain-drain in India stares us in the face. Not that the entire phenomenon should ...
‘So, why do they hate Modi so much?’ ‘Who is they’? ‘You know, the media, the academia, assorted fat cats running institutions, writers way past-their-prime, self-professed intellectuals’. ‘Do ...
In India, Secularism or the liberal tag is a much-maligned concept today. Rather than the lofty ethos that those words should represent, ideas that come to our mind are the negative ...
Name: Jayaprakash Narayan Birth Date: October 11, 1902 Death Date: October 8, 1979 Place of Birth: Sitabdiara , Saran District, Bihar, India Place of Death: Patna, India While the story ...
Talwar. A sword is never meant to be a pleasant thing. It is supposed to hurt. You just hope that it hurts the right people, that it is used to serve ...
For years, we have looked up to self-proclaimed intellectuals of India as the conscience keepers of India. Their interviews, columns, open letters have spurred a generation of Indians to condemn the ...
The Dadri incident is shameful and barbaric. Or maybe these words are not enough to even sum it up. But what is equally horrific is the systematic polarization in popular discourse. ...
Steve Jobs is an icon for people who create the stories - news media, the influential, especially the Silicon Valley elite. Bill Gates is an icon for people whose stories you ...
The Jholawala woke up with a shudder. He had been asleep for only 5 minutes, but to him, it felt like a lifetime. He dreamed that Subramanian Swamy had taken over ...
The Indian IT Industry is said to account for more than 65% of the total American market, and what has kept it thriving is the USP of providing cost benefits. IT ...
In a recent development Somnath Bharti’s anticipatory bail plea had been rejected by Delhi High Court. Justice Suresh Kait of the Delhi high court declined to grant the former Delhi law ...
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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