In current parlance, here is my “takeaway” on Pranab Mukerjee’s so tantalizing visit to the RSS Headquarters in Nagpur: First, why was…
Was one of the motives to undercut Rahul Gandhi as he prepares to appear before a Bhiwandi Court on the issue if…
There comes a time when Caesarism begins to breed discontent and thoughts of another possible world begin to take hold
When Nathu Ram shot dear Bapu dead, Was he a terrorist or a patriot? The answer lies in the hat you wear—…
(With Acknowledgements to Thomas Wyatt) They flee from me who sometime did me seek, Finding fault where none was before; Every proclaimed…
The decline of the National Democratic Alliance is by now a dated story. The few partners of the Bharatiya Janata Party—who are…
First we give you bagfuls To make government, Then you commit not to meddle With our profit-piling hunt. But when people…
Indian democracy is at crossroads because it did not experience any intellectual revolution
Begging, your honour, is a crime; It embarrasses the nation, Which, as everybody knows, is Full of hype and elation. In…
Have you the tulips seen this Spring?– They are red beyond compare; “There was more blood in the earth this year,” The…
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