Response to Economist’s article on Narendra Modi
In its 14 December 2013 article on Narendra Modi, the Economist makes several assertions about the Gujarat riots of 2002. Most of these assertions are focussed on how Narendra Modi did nothing to prevent and/or More...
The Final Solution against Hindus
In the centuries to come, Adolf Hitler is likely to be anointed a Saint. In common with other Christian mass murderers like the conquistador Francis Xavier, the subjugator of Goa, Hitler too accomplished a cherished More...
Congress Loses its Marbles
The sight of a sombre Manish Tiwari denouncing Narendra Modi in hushed tones of angst, for suggesting the ailing imported empress abdicate in favour of her befuddled son, illustrated poignantly the ignominy to which More...
War and dissolution of India
Predicting when a war will occur is a difficult task. It is the likelihood that nations prepare for and some circumstances make it more likely. Perfectly sane statesmen, even great ones, have regularly erred in More...
The calamity that is Mamata Banerjee
The unusual indulgence shown by many observers and ordinary voters towards Mamata Banerjee was really a product of hostility towards the shockingly dismal fate Indian communism had inflicted on West Bengal. Most More...
Violence Does Indeed Pay
An oft-repeated bourgeois affectation earnestly avows that violence does not pay. This supposed truism, comforting in the ambience of drawing room chit-chat, is belied by experience. A vivid example is illustrated More...
Abuse of Baba Ramdev in London
Baba Ramdev, India’s prominent Yoga guru and campaigner against corruption, was unexpectedly detained when he arrived at London’s Heathrow airport on Friday, the 20th September. He had visited the UK regularly More...