Tag Archives: politics in India
India’s Social Fabric Collapsing. Let’s Open our Eyes Today…
The days move like sluggish crocodiles towards the sea of death. In this country called India, the epicentre of diverse culture and people, every single hour goes not without a… Read more
Girls’ arrest for Facebook Comment is a Breach of our Freedom of Expression
So Facebook and the Indian media have found a new topic today – Ajmal Kasab. But I can’t get the thought out of mind – two young girls heckled, arrested… Read more
A Crying Bureaucrat and Interpretation of Dreams
A large auditorium in IIT Kharagpur reads:”Dedicated to the service of nation”. Considering the usual career path of IIT graduates, a two-word joke runs in the campus: “Which Nation?”. The… Read more
After EU, East India Company, Aurangzeb, PMO Claim Nobel Peace Prize
Moments after deciding to award $1.2 million, and also the Nobel Prize for peace, to the cash-strapped European Union (EU), the Nobel Committee’s noble motive was questioned by multiple quarters… Read more
Why it’s a Win-Win Situation for Mamata
Sometimes making noise is all that counts. But history, that brilliantly time-tested tool, tells us that on most occasions, it’s all about making the right noise at the opportune time…. Read more
Stop Playing a Babu and Start Being a Political Leader, PM Sir
The Congress-led UPA government’s posturing on The Washington Post article criticising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh brings to mind only question: since when did we start feeling ashamed about what others… Read more
The Diary of Manmohan Singh in Blackout Daze
I got a bit of time over the last two days to indulge in some thinking and wondering, as electricity, never in ample supply in my part of the world… Read more
Five Reasons why Most Middle Class People have Vanished from Anna Quarter
As if talking politics and putting up candidates in the 2014 elections weren’t enough, Team Anna now admits gunning for ‘corrupt ministers’ has gained primacy over Lokpal. No wonder, our… 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
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