By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Friday, January 8th, 2016
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Aamir Khan Deserves What He Got

The Narendra Modi government is being criticized for removing film star Aamir Khan from the Incredible India campaign. The real criticism, however, should be: why didn’t it remove him when he made the intolerance More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Sunday, December 13th, 2015
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Sonia Gandhi’s Delusions

History, wrote Karl Marx, repeats itself—first as tragedy, second as farce. The Congress top brass seems to have taken the first part of the quote as gospel truth. Indira Gandhi lost massively in 1977, but sprung More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Wednesday, November 25th, 2015
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To Which Country Will Aamir Khan Migrate?

Film star Aamir Khan’s wife believes that the Narendra Modi government has been such a calamity that she wants to leave India—and he doesn’t disagree with her over the issue of ‘growing intolerance’ in More...

Aurangzeb Road
By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Monday, August 31st, 2015
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Secular Love for Aurangzeb Remains Undiminished

The New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) decision to rename Aurangzeb Road in Lutyens’ Delhi as Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam Road has evoked reactions on expected lines. Its popularity can be gauged from the fact that More...

FTII Protest
By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Thursday, August 20th, 2015
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Why FTII Agitators should be Prosecuted

Pune’s Film & Television Institute of India is once again in the limelight—this time for the supposedly draconian crackdown on the striking students in a midnight swoop. There is a sense of déjà vu among More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
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Myanmar retaliation: Modi’s finest hour

The unprecedented surgical strike inside Myanmar by the special forces of the Indian Army will go a long way asserting India’s right to safeguard its interest in south Asia. The elite commandoes liquidated about More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Monday, May 25th, 2015
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Arvind Kejriwal’s endless sanctimony

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has crafted a new political philosophy. According to the Kejriwal School of Thought, governance is a mix of reckless populism, sanctimonious statements, and a variety of theatrical More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
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The straitjacket of Islamism

When the Bharatiya Janata Party is in the Opposition, it bemoans about Muslim appeasement, the clout of mullahs, and so on. However, when in power, it doesn’t bother about the nefarious activities of Islamists. More...

Bose Bust in Renkoji temple
By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Monday, April 13th, 2015
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Nehru exposed: Snooping on Bose’s kin

The recent revelations that Jawaharlal Nehru snooped on Subhas Chandra Bose’s kin will go a long way exposing the first prime minister as a cunning politician. Generations of Indians have been fed on the Congress-Left More...

By Ravi Shanker Kapoor On Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
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Sonia continues to insult Narasimha Rao

On the face of it, the government’s proposal to erect a memorial for former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao should have been welcomed by the Congress. But, far from greeting the news with delight, the Congress More...