Congress and AAP buried under their own slander
Press Council of India (PCI) chairperson Justice Markandey Katju once said that 90 per cent of Indians are “idiots.” It seems political parties, especially the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress could not More...
Indian intellectual mafia in panic mode
Once upon a time, India was so good from the perspective of intellectuals. Which means Nehruvian. Socialism, secularism, and non-alignment—the key ingredients of the Nehruvian consensus—were flourishing. Of More...
Should Narendra Modi tolerate Sushma Swaraj’s tantrums?
Club 160 is at it again. L.K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, et al. Sulking, sullen, upset—these are some of the words the media uses to describe their mood. Caught in a time warp, they refuse to acknowledge More...
Manmohan Singh: A spineless perjurer
Centre for National Renaissance president and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy famously compared Manmohan Singh with Bhishma of the Mahabharata. Like Bhishma, who did nothing to check the disrobing More...
Poverty: The new deity
Once upon a time, might was right and justice was the interest of the strong. Whichever brigand became powerful enough to gather a large number of armed men and subdue the local populace claimed to be the king of More...
Everybody denies, nobody refutes Baru
The reactions to Sanjay Baru’s explosive ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’ have ranged from déjà vu to self-righteous indignation. The common thread running through all criticisms of Baru is an argumentum More...
Narendra Modi: Barbarian at the gate?
Narendra Modi wants a complete breach from the imperatives of Nehruvian socialism. This is quite evident. However, it is a cause of a great deal of consternation not only in the grand old party but also among sundry More...
The Khushwant Singh the media doesn’t tell you about
This is the chapter on Khushwant Singh from my book, How India’s Intellectuals Spread Lies Khushwant Singh is perhaps the most widely read author in India. A critically acclaimed litterateur, historian, and journalist, More...
Meet Jaipal Reddy, benefactor of Reliance
One of the myths that have grown in the last two years is that S. Jaipal Reddy is an upright minster who was removed from the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) because of pressure exerted by the Mukesh More...
Arvind Kejriwal takes his gloves off
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal’s latest spat with the media reminds us of a painful irony of the modern era: evil does not enter the public domain stealthily; it marches in the open, often with aplomb, More...