Jan Lokpal Bill, 2015 – Federal Perversion And Subordination
A 400% hike in salaries of the members of the Legislative Assembly was recently announced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Surely, the pseudo-political ascetics at the Aam Aadmi Party have travelled a long way from objecting to basic perks like government vehicles and housing to this brazen expenditure. To be fair, the yearly increase to the State Government’s More...
Congress Was Never National
The Congress party that was founded by an Englishman may be ended by an Italian woman. It has always looked to foreigners and foreign sources for inspiration. Recent election results show that this ploy of projecting More...
The Pseudoscientist Doth Protest Too Much
Pseudoscience and unnatural beliefs are prevalent among the members of the Indian scientific establishment, and since many of them have decided to seek their fifteen minutes in the limelight by signing a political More...
It Is Time Faisal Devji Is Fired By The Oxford University
I think that Faisal Devji, an author and historian at the University of Oxford, should be fired from his job for writing an ideologically motivated article on the terror threat to India in The Hindu, a leading Marxist More...
Why Rajiv Gandhi Was The Most Communal PM In India’s History
Some time back a Sikh activist asked that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s Bharat Ratna should be revoked over the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He then released the infamous video where Rajiv intolerantly stated, More...
Hate India Campaign And Its Brand Ambassadors
You give me a call on 9810850960, my hello tune will greet you with “Hai preet jahan ki reet sada, main geet wahan ke gata hoon; Bharat ka rahane wala hoon, Bharat ke baat sunata hoon.” The awesome song More...
Chennai Rains: What The World Must Learn From India
The worst rains in a century battered Chennai and literally submerged the city under water. Virtually every road was cut off. Many homes were flooded. Chennai was without electricity, telephone, and other essentials More...
Is Times LitFest Intolerant Of Acche Din?
Dear TOI, you make fabulous ads, and you have engaged a very competent advertising agency for the job. Happy? Okay, now let’s move further from compliments and get to the heart of the matter. You might be More...
A Dummies Guide To Litfests in India
The Season It is the winters. And it is the Litfest season. Ever since the Jaipur Literature Festival started in 2006 and gradually became famous, various organizations all over India have been replicating it across More...
The Last Viceroy of India: Book Review
This is a review of the book, Nehru: A Troubled Legacy by R N P Singh, New Delhi: Wisdom Tree, 2015 The English historian, politician, and writer Lord John Dalberg-Acton wrote in an 1887 letter to Bishop Creighton, More...