Spectre of Islam haunts India
The statements by Hindu leaders and clerics about how many children Hindu women and families should have, has typically evoked sharp reaction from liberals and editorialists. Many of the statements made indeed were More...
For Leela Samson, hypocrisy is a fine art
The controversy surrounding the movie MSG and censor board chief Leela Samson’s resignation has once again underlined the fact that all efforts to control freedom of expression inevitably result in anomalies, More...
Congress: A jihad-compliant party
In Goldfinger, James Bond says, “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.” But what do you say when the same thing keeps happening all the time? This is the case with the Congress’ More...
In defence of ordinance raj
Everybody in the Opposition and many among opinion makers are bemoaning the slew of ordinances that the Narendra Modi government has come up with. The fact that the ordinances are aimed at kick-starting economic More...
Charlie Hebdo or the moral bankruptcy of Indian intellectuals
In the wake of the murderous attack at the office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, many Indian intellectuals have opined against the absoluteness of freedom of expression, even as they condemned the killings. More...
PK hides the dangerous reality of Muslim marriages
The movie PK is in the news for a number of reasons. Some Hindu organizations have complained that it ‘hurts the sentiments’ of Hindus. The most dangerous and misleading part of the movie is its depiction More...
Intellectuals spread lies about Paris attack
The doublespeak of India’s intellectuals on, among other things, freedom of expression is sickening. When the Hindu groups are involved, the guardians of public discourse cry themselves hoarse, quote John Stuart More...
Is Congress batting for Pakistan’s interest?
The alacrity with which the Congress has tried to corner the government over the Pakistani boat incident speaks volumes about not just the grand old party’s intellectual bankruptcy but also its proclivity to downplay More...
Peshawar massacre and ignorant liberals
With every passing day, my disdain for liberals grows. Earlier, it was primarily because of their proclivity to slavishly follow the Left, because of their moral bankruptcy; now, I am getting convinced that our More...
Peshawar massacre: Jihad unlimited
The terrorist attack on a military-run school in Peshawar, in which 148 people, including 132 children died, evoked considerable outrage in our country and elsewhere. It also gave rise to the hope that, at long More...