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Atrangi Bhaiya Ji
[Disclaimer: This is a satire on the current state of electoral politics/campaigns in UP and not a movie review. Spoiler Alert!] I recently watched a Hindi movie Atrangi Re. Twenty five minutes into the movie, I realized that there are uncanny similarities between Rinku Suryavanshi, a character played by Sara Ali Khan, in the movie…
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Hindutva vs Hinduism; why now?
BJP is a communal party, the only way it can win an election is by brining Hindu, Hindutva and Hinduism in its election campaign. It uses its politicians and leaders to use Hinduism and Hindutva to polarize the elections. Maybe this time they asked Rahul Gandhi to polarize the elections. And Rahul Gandhi accomplished the…
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Remembering some of the iconic work by Akhilesh Yadav during his days
I recently heard Akhilesh Yadav complaining that Modi and Yogi are busy with inauguration and laying foundation stone ceremonies as election in UP are approaching; interestingly, he does not stop here. He adds on that, they are inaugurating facilities for which his government did a lot of work. He said the same for Purvanchal Express,…
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The reason why Congress is doomed in India
I came across an interesting video, which is a part of recently concluded Agenda Aaj Tak: No, no don’t worry, I am not going to talk about the nationalism or the nation in this blog. There is something more interesting, much more interesting. If we look at the panelists, we have Sambit Patra, Kanhaiya Kumar,…
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Shameless Ravish Kumar’s Prime Time on Inflation
Every now and then, I keep looking at the content that aims to find flaws in the current ruling dispensation. Why? Because its a must. How do I know if I am missing something if I keep looking at the same type of content? How do I know if there exists another valid point of…
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Can Taliban 2.0 get Kashmir for Pakistan?
No body said it clearer than Neelam Irshad Sheikh, a leader of Imran Khan Niyazi’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party. A lot of people dismissed her expectations in a whiff, some made memes, some called her names, not just some ignorant people but the panelists on different news channels in India didn’t also take it seriously. These days…
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Badshah Babur defeated Shaybani Khan; but only in “The Empire”- the show.
The recently released Disney +Hotstar series “The Empire” has been in the news for obvious reasons. A lot of people seem to be complaining that it glorifies Babur. Does it? Yes it does. Is there a problem with that? There shouldn’t be.. unless the series that claims to or being advertised/marketed as to depict history,…
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Yogi’s ordinance on Love Jihad; a necessity or a pure evil?
There has been a lot of noise on the recently enacted ordinance by the Yogi government; the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020, popularly known as the anti-Love Jihad Ordinance. Bureaucrats complaining, writing letters to the CM, retired IAS officers complaining about the law. Finally, after a lot of searching I…
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