18 Months Down: An Objective Analysis of the Modi Government
On the eve of the 16th Lok Sabha election results, a group of friends—many of whom had quit jobs or taken time off from businesses to volunteer for the BJP—decided to meet at a resto-bar in Delhi’s Connaught More...
And you Thought Modi Was Doing Nothing?
After Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in May 2014, a lot of people have bemoaned the lack of action against the corrupt and no convictions. But the Indian system is slow and Modi cannot singlehandedly change More...
Practice What You Preach
When I was in the third standard, we were taught a story from the Mahabharata. All Kaurava and Pandava brothers are taking lessons and are asked to memorize them. All the 105 boys memorized their lessons well except More...
How the Congress Manufactures Intolerance
Preface With the early winter march to Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday, Congress wielded its brahmastra on a government elected with a huge popular mandate. Leading from the front was the President and Former De facto More...
UK’s Labour Party Stands against Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to make a much-anticipated visit to the UK on 12-14 November 2015. Of benefit to both countries, the visit is cause for great celebration to UK Indians. The 13 November event 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...
Yatha Raja: Will the UPSC now Change?
The Union Public Service Commission has constituted a committee “to overhaul the entire examination scheme and suit the selection process to the skills required for each set of services”. More than six decades More...
Contours of Secular Fear Mongering
When was the last time you read or heard in the mainstream media that in many parts of India Hindus are attacked by Muslims with impunity? Do you know that entire villages in West Bengal and Kerala are burned down More...
Examining the Marxist Version of India’s Past
The 18 September 2015 print edition of the Marxist fortnightly Frontline cover story was a detailed interview of Marxist historian Romila Thapar conducted by Ranabir Chakravarti, Professor of Ancient History at More...
Bihar Elections
‘This Bihar election is going to be as fascinating as it is complex, several intertwined narratives – caste, aspiration, personality and also Votekatuas’; calls a Bihari and a fine political observer, More...