Leave Lord Hanuman Out of Power Games
Trust politicians to warp the most sacred of symbols to feed their power hunger.
14 May 2022
Stop medical hypocrisy, not Hippocrates
Hindu, Hindutva and Bharat are the soapboxes of the day, which every obscure wannabe nationalist uses as a podium.
07 May 2022
Out of the Blue
Elon Musk buys Twitter, the world’s most powerful social media weapon which has 23 million Indian users. What does this mean for free speech, trolls and government control?
30 Apr 2022
India Needs Charm Offensive to Avoid a MEA Culpa
The subcontinent is a seismic zone where pressures and shifts from the US, China and Russia make the tectonic plates of geo-power groan in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
23 Apr 2022
Pakistan beyond Imran
The crisis can help Pakistan take a hard look at its exploitative elite or allow the country to slide into irrevocable darkness
11 Apr 2022
South Goes North with a New Endgame
Dravidian power officially planted its flag in the heart of North Indian power last week.
09 Apr 2022
Humour is freedom’s subversive statement
Was it fine for Will Smith to get pissed off at funnyman Chris Rock for joshing his wife Jada who has a hair fall problem?
02 Apr 2022
Selective indignation is racist hypocrisy
All lives are equal but some are more equal than the others. Caucasian lives command a larger premium in the outrage market than others.
28 Mar 2022
Go! Tumultuous times for the Gandhis to walk away from the Congress leadership bridge
It is time for the Congress to look within and beyond the Gandhis. But the family seems in no hurry to vacate the premises.
20 Mar 2022
The menace of the solitary dictator
The personality profile of tyrants is a stereotype with a few variations in the scope of their cruelty. They are mesmerising orators.
13 Mar 2022
Truth and Lies Behind the Veil
Metaphors have a purpose. They allude to a deeper meaning that represents the human initiative to hedge a bet.
26 Feb 2022
Why poll Houdini Prashant Kishor isn’t a neta
Magic is power by chicanery. Poll prestidigitator Prashant Kishor makes a living out of it.
19 Feb 2022
Saris are the answer to the raging hijab row!
A hijab cannot be worn to school or college. Just as a religious symbol of any faith, ideally, has no place in any temple of learning.
13 Feb 2022
Inside the mind of Vladimir Putin
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looks imminent and the world teeters on the edge of war. At the centre of the maelstrom is the enigmatic Russian president, popular at home and hated by the West.
13 Feb 2022
PG vs MoGi war will dictate dynasty's fate
Priyanka Gandhi faces a different G-Force now than Indira and Sonia Gandhi ever did -- MoGi, which combines Modi's mass appeal and Yogi's Hindutva.
30 Jan 2022
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