It is also apparent that a concerted and barely concealed plan seems afoot to demand that Muslims be kept segregated from the ‘true Indians’, namely, Hindu Indians

In the middle of this, democracy performs at break-neck speed

It is strange that the Modi government, which denies targeting the individuals named, does not feel impelled to find out who it is that may be attacking democratic opinion critical of the establishment

Think what in our fallen times Has become of Pegasus; Turned into a poisoned beep, He is made to spy on us

Narendra Modi’s praise of India’s “demographic dividend” notwithstanding, the right-wing via the Uttar Pradesh chief minister may have come up with an idea close to the heart of India’s chattering classes

Fire, fire, everywhere, As far as the eye can span; Fire across the continents, Fire in the mind of man

Stan paid for being a true Christian – a servant of the needy and the powerless – as Jesus had paid for his convictions

Gogoi’s allegation that the NIA tried to recruit him into the RSS is now in the public domain, and must be probed for the sake of all those involved

The Substance of Democracy

How far the politics of Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath may meet the scale of the BJP’s alienation from the bulk of the populace given the migrant crisis and the cruel collapse of empathy during the second phase remains a question