Dear Pankaj Mishra: Your brand of righteousness is now in the gramophone era
The ill-wisher of India, Pankaj Mishra penned an alarmist article on the Bloomberg website which goes back to whip up the usual secularist fear mongering: the template is the same, only the words are altered to More...
Colonial rants from Tavleen Singh
Tavleen Singh of the esteemed Indian Express, whose former editor’s modest reputation is irrecoverably tarnished by Wikileaks revelations, engaged recently in an abusive rant worthy of the worst colonial mindset More...
Dear Sagarika Ghose: Remember gutter snipe?
On 26 October, Sagarika Ghose in her blog in the Times of India expressed her concern that freedom of speech in India is under threat with a BJP government led by Narendra Modi at the helm. It appears that her fear More...
Memory loss of Modi critics
In the 18 October 2014 edition of DNA, Hemant Karnik, wrote about how the fans of Prime Minister Narendra Modi are ever so loud and abusive , how with each passing day they are spiraling out of control. In his More...
Narendra Modi: The Prime Minister who will transform India
Introduction: India’s Phase Transition Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi’s administration can be considered to be a “phase transition” for India’s economy, to borrow a concept from thermodynamics. Phase More...
Look into the mirror yourself Mr.Patel
In the 19 October edition of TOI, the ever-erudite Aakar Patel, gave us the most important criterion a leader should have in order to be elected. Check: Integrity Fail Check: Articulation Fail Check: Confidence Fail Check: More...
Jagdish Bhagwati is seriously wrong
I fully agree with Professor Jagdish Bhawati’s approach with respect to economic policies – creating an environment for growth is a necessary condition to make resources available for social initiatives. However, More...
Dear New York Times: Look into your own backyard first
On 8 October, the New York Times published what can only be called a motivated piece declaring that the BJP government will use education to promote the ideology of Hindutva. Like most cases, this piece is a classic More...
Narendra Modi reawakens India to its ancient civilizational tryst
(This article appeared in the souvenir released at Madison Square Garden for Prime Minister Modi’s visit. Emphases added) When Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi gave his first speech in parliament he spoke of the More...
Hartosh Bal’s Caravan to Oblivion
In the 1 October 2014 issue of Caravan magazine, journalist Hartosh Singh Bal repeated the now-jaded caution of how the victory of the Narendra Modi-led BJP in the 2014 elections has paved the way for the “fascist” More...