Author: Anant Chetan

  • A giant leap towards “Congress Mukt Bharat”

    A giant leap towards “Congress Mukt Bharat”

    After witnessing what is happening in Maharashtra and what happened in Karnataka an old story struck me. There is a very old story about a hunter and his clever tactics, you must have read it as kids story or seen it in the movies or cartoons. The story goes something like this: Once upon a…

  • Is BSNL Crisis a product of 2G Scam?

    Is BSNL Crisis a product of 2G Scam?

    “2G, 3G, CWG, coalG, madamG” as soon as I uttered these words, my friend (the same for whom I wrote He turned from being a die hard Modi fan to a Modi hater!!!) turned around, looked at me for a second and asked “Do you think 2G spectrum allocation was a scam?” Of course it…

  • Ram, a misfit in today’s India?

    Ram, a misfit in today’s India?

    What would happen if Lord Rama visits Ayodhya this Diwali? Will he be able to relate to the 21st century India or will he find himself as a misfit? How will a conversation go if I had to show Lord Ram around? “I” here represent some of the kids from the nineties and a lot…

  • Islamophobia and Radical Islam

    Islamophobia and Radical Islam

    Although, Pakistan’s prime minister Mr. Imran Khan Niazi did not respect the UNGA guideline and spoke for three times more than the stipulated time, but he managed to raise a couple of very interesting questions during his speech at the  UN General Assembly.  “Why Islamophobia? and Why Radical Islam?” The irony was that he himself…

  • The Sacred Games we were always a part of

    The Sacred Games we were always a part of

    “Facts don’t persuade, feelings do. And stories are the best way to get at those feelings” -Tom Asacker As soon as we start reading a story or watching a movie or a tv series, we surrender ourselves to the whims of the writer, we allow the writer to manipulate our emotions with the help of…

  • Nawab Bugti: The forgotten Baloch

    Nawab Bugti: The forgotten Baloch

    Exactly 13 years ago this day i.e. August 26, 2006 marked the culmination of a three day operation including security forces with heavy weapons and gunship helicopters. The operation although succeeded in assassinating Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti along with his 37 associates in his hideout cave in Dera Bugti, but also re-kindled the Baloch Freedom…

  • After effects of abrogating 35A and diluting 370

    After effects of abrogating 35A and diluting 370

    Ever since Indian government diluted 370 and abrogated article 35A, there have been a large scale hue and cry from certain groups of people. However, everybody is behaving the way they were suppose except one entity. The opposition parties like Indian National Congress are behaving in the exact way that they are expected to i.e.…

  • Lost in the Likes

    Lost in the Likes

    What if you have to travel from Point A to some Point B; a completely new destination; a path you have never traversed before; an uncharted territory. How would you navigate? What if you can’t see the complete map at once i.e. you could only see your current whereabouts or may be fifty meters around…