Missing The Woods For The Trees
byI am one of those who supports the “overreach” of the higher judiciary. When the executive under performs consistently, someone has to overreach, and…
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India Headed To Become The World’s Most Populous Country By 2025
byToday, the 11th July, on the World Population Day, I wonder if anyone of us and the law makers have a little time to…
A Time To Speak Out, A Time To Be Silent
bySometimes it is best to work in silence, using the tools you are familiar with rather than picking up the tools of your enemy: fight on your own turf, not on that of your adversary.
2019 Elections – a Reality Check for BJP
byThe discussion at every street corner today is whether BJP will secure a majority at the centre in 2019 elections. Recent by elections in…
Five Years Through A Blogger’s Looking Glass
byEditors of newspapers and magazines today are more like censors, toeing the political line of their proprietors, dishing out packaged meals – the customer has no real choice. Television anchors are cacophonous megaphones of the powers that be, but do not see.
This is where the blogger comes in – not subject to any editorial restraint, or the tyranny of TRPs or readership numbers or commercial imperatives, he can record things as he sees them and speak from the heart. He may be right or wrong, but the reader at least gets a frank opinion, and can make up his own mind, not have it made up for him by a slanted news item or a mercenary advertorial,
Takeaways From The Tirthan
byThe lemming instinct or phenomenon, the “herd instinct” as it is better understood, can be better appreciated in anthropomorphic terms such as “keeping up…
BJP and PDP – Dissolution of an Unholy Alliance in J & K
byIn all probability the decision of BJP to withdraw support would be seen as a positive step. It is so because PDP is considered as a pro separatist party that plays a double game – it milks India but bats for separatists.
The UNHRC Report on Jammu & Kashmir
byThe United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report released on 14 June 18 has created quite a stir in Indian media. This first ever…
The Presidential Sucker Punch
byAll hail to the little big man from South Block! What Mr. Pranab Mukherjee delivered on the evening of the 7th. of June at…
BJPs Final Pincer Strategy
byGeneral V.K. Singh has certainly had the last laugh on this one. Remember how we all bristled when he called journalists “presstitutes”? Turns out he was dead right, as the latest multiple stings by Cobrapost reveals.