The Modi- Shah duo have single handedly replaced the idea/ideology of a humane, plural, tolerant India with an assertive, Hindu dominated, impatient, proud India which is prepared to wait another five years for the fruits of development to trickle down to it.
In early days ,the visitor to Simla required Herculean strength to cope with the hardships of uncomfortable , cumbersome and exhausting travel. (The Early…
Hazaribagh in the early 1960s. I was ten when I first got to know Dr. Binoy Chatterjee: I don’t know how old he was,…
What will 23 May 2019 unfold for the nation? If exit polls are to be believed then there is no doubt that Mr Narendra…
The recent happenings in west Bengal should be of concern to any normal Indian citizen. It is a known fact that state government is…
Even by the standards of our rapidly plummeting polity and social discourse the events of the last week have shocked all right (and left)…
Will 23 May 2019 be a day of reckoning for the nation? Will BJP and Mr Narendra Modi win a second term? Or will…
Most people would be surprised to learn that Himachal’s most iconic symbols are neither Preity Zingta nor Kangana Ranaut, it is the HRTC (the…
There is a tendency in India for all powerful public figures to allege a “conspiracy” whenever they are charged with any wrong doing. The Chidambarams do so when they are enquired into in the Aircel-Maxis case, the PM when he is accused of irregularities in the Rafael deal, MJ Akbar when he is called out for giving interviews in his underwear, Kamal Nath when his aides are caught with crores of unaccounted lucre. The CJI has just added himself to the list.
What can be more ironical and hypocritical in these farcical times than the fact that a lady candidate’s allegedly khaki underwear has become the…