Award Wapasi Shame: Know the Literary Mafias
What is the common between dismissed IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, self-styled activist Teesta Setalvad and the writers who have relinquished Sahitya Akademi Awards or quit the Akademi? They all indulged in a well-orchestrated campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, by spreading canards, which ultimately aims at defaming India. Let’s cut straight More...
Dynasty Propaganda and Freedom Struggle Heros
Scriptwriters of traditional Congress propaganda would have us believe that M.K. Gandhi was the “Universally revered Bapu” (Father of the Nation) and J.L. Nehru its lovable and benevolent “Chacha” (Uncle), More...
Sad Sardesai, Happy India
I’m writing this in response to Rajdeep Sardesai’s lament that begins with the famous Javed Akhtar song from Silsila…Yeh kahan aa gaye hum…in terms of what a vitriolic atmosphere we have gotten ourselves More...
Father of the Nation is too Big a Crown for Him
One of the great ironies of India is that Mohandas Gandhi – rather than Gautama Buddha, Adi Shankaracharya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya – is the “Father of the Nation”. India’s history has a galaxy of More...
The Narrative is Churning Away from Pseudo Secularism
This article was co-authored with Rajneesh. An unfortunate Indian got lynched at Dadri recently. However, more unfortunately for the nation, the media embarked on a lynching of its own making, and it does not seem More...
Selective Intellectualism of Ramchandra Guha
Introduced to the Upanishads by T.S. Eliot; and to Tagore by the early Pound; and to the Indian Tradition by Max Muller (late of the Bhavan); and to Indian dance by Bowers; and to Indian art by what’s-his-name; and More...
Malcolm Turnbull Shows the Way
When asked about the “Breaking News” story of a multiple rape by a juvenile group in his state, UP’s Netaji said “Boys will be boys”. The same has now happened about the Dadri episode in that state. Politicians More...
Indian Secularism is Colour Blind
People are angry at the murder of Muhammad Akhlaq in Dadri over allegations that he ate beef. Some say they are angry at Akhlaq’s murder, while others say they are angry at the murder of the cow. Some people More...
Selective Shock Over Dadri: A Reply to Sagarika Ghosh
Flowery writing using vocabulary heard only in spelling bee contests seems to be the only strength of the so-called liberal journalists educated at prestigious universities abroad. Equally, their competence also More...
Moral Outrage of EyeStar Seagull
EyeStar Seagull gloomily stared at the television as she flipped channels. “What is this country coming to,” she said to her naukarani Rasika, the only one around who listened to her any more, “I see rallies More...