Tag Archives: Politics
Five News Developments you Missed over the Weekend
Sometimes news isn’t what you normally believe it is. Rather, it is what you want to believe it should be. With classified sources and resources in every corner of the… 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
Ten Things I Admire About Robert Vadra
I have never really had the time to think much about Robert Vadra, also known as Mistah Priyanka Gandhi and now better known as her mother’s son-in-law. I am an… 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
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
India Lays Pitch for Cricket with Pak, but what’s the Name of BCCI’s Game?
I don’t know the status of monsoon in Pakistan but it sure did come a huge welcome shower across the border on Monday afternoon, as the BCCI announced revival of… Read more
Didi Don’t Preach: Just How Ethical is Mamata’s Own Brand of Politics?
Ms Mamata Banerjee, the quintessential megalomaniac, had hopped on to a plane to New Delhi, believing that she would be the one to determine who would reside at Raisina Hill…. Read more
Are Thoughts Being Ambushed in Bengal?
For the last couple of days every news channel and newspaper worth its salt in Kolkata is discussing/writing about how academicians are under attack by the Ma Maati Manush government…. Read more
Don’t be Dumb, Sports and Politics Go Hand in Hand
It’s one year to the day when India won the World Cup, beating Sri Lanka in the final. And while the whole country is busy celebrating, trying to figure out… 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 »