Tag Archives: India
The Trophy Moves to the City of Joy
Shah Rukh Khan urged the supporters of Kolkata Knight Riders a day before the finals: ‘Cheer for us so loud that we can hear you here at Chepauk’. I’m not… Read more
The Blues Have Slain, the Reds Have Bled
Pale faces buried in red shirts were all across the pitch, while on the deck Jose Bosingwa’s dance continued. It was close to 3 am on Sunday in India but… Read more
IPL in a Fix: BCCI Takes Swift Decision but Do we Need Shrinks for Young Cricketers?
It’s not often that the BCCI, which looks, acts and reacts like a younger sibling of the Manmohan Singh-run UPA-II, acts and reacts with alacrity. So let this be said… Read more
In Didi’s Wonderland, where Words Come Out from the Depth of Truth
Our honourable chief minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has, without a doubt, done a great service to the cartoonist tribe. Can you think of another time when so much newsprint was… Read more
Cartoon Conspiracy: In Defence of Didi and how Politics is not a Funny Game
(This a letter we received from a reader who calls him/herself a TMC supporter and wishes to remain anonymous. Since we have no way of verifying his claims, we are… Read more
Mad Cow Disease in Maa-Maati Land
Cow is a good animal. Cows give milk and yummy steak. Cows live in herds and masticate newspapers, if given. Cows moo “Maa Maa”, wallow in the “Maati” (soil) and… Read more
Cartoon Network in Mamata Land: How Many of Us Face Arrest for the Same Crime?
I had read Soumya Datta’s article (Facebook Users Beware: Every Post you Make, Didi’s Watching) a few months ago. The article talked about Mamata Banerjee looking over Facebook posts against… Read more
Cartoon Network in Mamata Land: It isn’t Funny Madam Chief Minister
Ambikesh Mahapatra might have preferred to lie low, being a professor of Chemistry in Kolkata’s renowned Jadavpur University. But for the overtly proactive police in his city, and an overtly… Read more
The Sri Lanka Resolution, Human Rights and the Indian Paradox
This is a guest post by Kamalpreet Kaur. A former journalist, Kamal claims to be a lady of leisure who is ‘great’ at multi-tasking. She is often juggling the responsibility… Read more
Of the Spooked Raisina Hill: Whose Coup was it, Mr Shekhar Gupta?
The bizarre and sensational story by The India Express edition dated April 4, 2012 — The January night when Raisina Hills was spooked – is an article written by a man who wears… Read more »