Category: Politics

  • Who shot himself in the foot with BBC’s India: The Modi Question?

    Who shot himself in the foot with BBC’s India: The Modi Question?

    “Truth has a nasty habit of coming out” –Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi used this statement to comment on BBC’s documentary India: The Modi Question. I can comfortably say that this is one statement that will bite Mr. Rahul Gandhi before the end of this year. Either BJP is very clever and far sighted or Rahul…

  • Rahul Gandhi’s election pitch is a broken record

    Rahul Gandhi’s election pitch is a broken record

    The world changed drastically or rather dramatically in the last five years. Several mutually exclusive events lead to a domino of change hurling the mankind to witness a world which was unimaginable just five years ago. Work from home isn’t luxury or privilege any more, hybrid way of working is the new work order. 80…

  • After Pakistan, Ukraine is the new playground for the US; here is how the future looks like..

    After Pakistan, Ukraine is the new playground for the US; here is how the future looks like..

    There hasn’t been a day passing by for past few months when I don’t hear someone talking about war in Ukraine. Or rather, how Ukraine is pushing back the Russian forces and inching towards a winning a war. I visit news portals, not one but several, including one of the most trusted news sources here…

  • A tale of two conflicts and the hypocrisy!

    A tale of two conflicts and the hypocrisy!

    It has been more than six months for the ongoing Ukraine conflict and the end is nowhere near. The way this conflict has unfolded over the months, has exposed United Nations’, or in a broader purview West’s hypocrisy once again. Although, I was eager to include the Indian elite intellectual, pseudo-secular class along with country’s…

  • All you need to know about India’s National Language issue.

    All you need to know about India’s National Language issue.

    Some time ago, a Kannada film star Kichcha Sudeep for some reason which only he knows, raked up an age old controversy in India: what’s the national language of India? What did he say? For this, have a look at Kichcha Sudeep contradicts his own statement on Hindi not being the National Language! Although, I was…

  • Kichcha Sudeep contradicts his own statement on Hindi not being the National Language!

    Kichcha Sudeep contradicts his own statement on Hindi not being the National Language!

    Kichcha Sudeep racked up an age old controversy through one of his interviews. He said “Hindi is no more a National Language; Movies like KGF are getting Pan India response, so, which should be a National Language?” I still fail to dig out rational behind his statement. If we go by his logic, he might…

  • The god of subtle propaganda; Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy

    The god of subtle propaganda; Booker Prize winning author Arundhati Roy

    While walking through the isles of a city library in England, I found myself staring at a name that sounded very familiar. I guess living in foreign countries for a long time does this to you, every time you see a brown person, or hear something in Hindi, or see an Indian name, you stop…

  • The Kashmir Files – Part 2; why you should not watch it!

    The Kashmir Files – Part 2; why you should not watch it!

    I hope you have already read the first part. You could have a look at that here: The Kashmir Files – Part 1. I had described my observations regarding the movie. It is not that The Kashmir Files is the only movie talking about Kashmir or a Genocide or terrorism or cruel things that humans do…