Author: Anant Chetan

  • The end of Tejashwi Yadav and the RJD

    The end of Tejashwi Yadav and the RJD

    Bihar has spoken, and the verdict is brutal: Tejashwi Yadav is finished. Not wounded, not regrouping—finished. The 2025 Assembly election didn’t just hand the NDA a landslide; it buried the RJD under 200+ seats of NDA concrete. From 75 seats in 2020 to barely 25 in 2025, Tejashwi’s political obituary is written in red ink.…

  • 25 Seats, 25 Forts, 1 Vote Bank: The RJD Autopsy

    25 Seats, 25 Forts, 1 Vote Bank: The RJD Autopsy

    Tejashwi Yadav spent months dominating headlines with fiery rhetoric — promises of “10 lakh jobs by Diwali,” a slick “MY” rebrand (Mahila-Yuva, they claimed, though the old Muslim-Yadav scent lingered), and sharp jabs at “Sushasan Babu” Nitish Kumar. For a while, it seemed like Bihar was his to take. Then came November 14, 2025: counting…

  • The Sham of Indian Feminism: Absent from Cricket’s Triumph, Obsessed with Selective Outrage

    The Sham of Indian Feminism: Absent from Cricket’s Triumph, Obsessed with Selective Outrage

    The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 was nothing short of a national epiphany. On November 2, 2025, in a finale that gripped the country like no other, the Indian women’s team etched their name in golden letters by winning their first-ever World Cup title, defeating a resilient South African side in a nail-biting contest…

  • Thamma: Bollywood’s Vampire Saga That’s Too Familiar

    Thamma: Bollywood’s Vampire Saga That’s Too Familiar

    Thamma (2025), the new Bollywood horror-comedy starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna, sparkles with slick visuals and a high-energy vibe. Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, it’s a wild mix of Betaals (vampire-like creatures), werewolf-like beasts, and forbidden love, set in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe. But for anyone who’s watched The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, or The…

  • From 2500 to 600: Rahul Gandhi’s dynastic delusion destroying congress’ legacy!!

    From 2500 to 600: Rahul Gandhi’s dynastic delusion destroying congress’ legacy!!

    The adage, “Doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results is insanity,” perfectly captures the Indian National Congress’s (INC) self-inflicted crisis in Indian politics. Despite media spin and party rhetoric about a revitalised Congress, dig beneath the surface, and nothing has changed—same rhetoric, same leadership, same failures. Why single out Congress over…

  • Mandala Murders: A Portal to Elsewhere, Where Imagination Reigns

    Mandala Murders: A Portal to Elsewhere, Where Imagination Reigns

    So I just binged Mandala Murders on Netflix, and I have to say, it’s not like the usual Indian web series or movies we’ve been getting lately. You know how so many shows these days feel like they’re trying to shove some big social or political message down your throat? Like, every other film is…

  • From Dead Democracy to Dead Economy: Rahul Gandhi’s Imagination Is the Only Thing Truly Dead

    From Dead Democracy to Dead Economy: Rahul Gandhi’s Imagination Is the Only Thing Truly Dead

    For over a decade, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has navigated India through sweeping reforms and global uncertainties, solidifying its political dominance. Yet, Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party remain intellectually stagnant, rehashing the same tired tropes: “democracy is dead,” “unemployment is rising,” “minorities are under threat,” “EVMs are rigged.” Eleven years out of power,…

  • The ONE Reason behind the downfall of Kingfisher Airlines

    The ONE Reason behind the downfall of Kingfisher Airlines

    Recently, Raj Shamani flew to London to interview Vijay Mallya for his show Figuring Out. In the episode, Mallya opened up about the downfall of Kingfisher Airlines. Now, I do believe that a failed entrepreneur shouldn’t automatically be labelled a thief—businesses fail all the time. But I couldn’t help being disappointed by the podcast. It…