Category: India
A complete critical review of the current affairs in India with focus on combating the narrative of main stream corporate media
Modi’s address to the nation on Coronavirus is another PR gimmick
Reading Time: 5 minutes Modi’s address to the nation on Coronavirus was a cheap stunt to hijack publicity. It exemplifies the disarrayed state in which public healthcare is mired.
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and Kejriwal’s war against Shaheen Bagh
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, invoked by Kejriwal to overthrow the Shaheen Bagh movement was used by the British colonial rulers to aid Hindu nationalism
The Delhi Police’s nexus with Hindutva is the new normal
Reading Time: 6 minutes Why the Islamophobic Delhi Police’s nexus with Hindutva fascism is no more surprising to even the staunch Nehruvian liberal who denied it until yesterday?
Scindia alone can’t be blamed for Madhya Pradesh fiasco but the culture of dynastic politics
Reading Time: 5 minutes Is it right to merely blame Jyotiraditya Scindia for the Madhya Pradesh fiasco? Or is it the fault of the dynastic feudal hegemony that thrives in polity?
Madhya Pradesh political crisis exemplified how ideological bankruptcy aids BJP
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Madhya Pradesh political crisis shows how the ideological bankruptcy of the Congress party keeps aiding the BJP’s poaching drive. Is Rajasthan next?
Kashmiri couple’s arrest by Delhi Police’s Special Cell raises old doubts
Reading Time: 3 minutes The arrest of a Kashmiri couple from Delhi by the notorious Special Cell on terrorism charges fits the template that the Delhi Police uses to frame Muslims.
Meghalaya riots between the Khasis and non-tribals caused by BJP’s CAA push
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Meghalaya riots between the Khasis and non-tribals is an eye-opener on how the BJP’s CAA push is fuelling fratricide in the entire northeast of India.
Rumour of rioting in Delhi isn’t a pun but a part of a nefarious scheme
Reading Time: 3 minutes The rumour of rioting that spread across Delhi and triggered massive panic was not merely done for pun. It’s a planned action done with an obnoxious agenda.
The economics of communal violence: Understanding the Delhi pogrom
Reading Time: 5 minutes Communal violence is neither spontaneous nor unorganised. The economics of communal violence is little complicated to understand but we try to explain here.
Delhi’s anti-Muslim pogrom must not be labelled as riot or clash
Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s a heinous thing that Delhi’s anti-Muslim pogrom is shown as an incidence of clash between pro and anti-CAA protesters. It’s a pogrom nothing else.
Communal violence in northeastern Delhi’s Jaffrabad: Modi’s frantic attempt to regain the streets
Reading Time: 3 minutes The communal violence in northeastern Delhi’s Jaffrabad is a frantic attempt by Modi’s Hindutva fascist regime to regain the control of the city’s streets.
Trump’s India visit: A lavish family holiday at taxpayers’ cost
Reading Time: 3 minutes With nothing significant to gain but neo-colonial burdens, Donald Trump’s India visit is a lavish holiday tour for the family at Indian taxpayers’ expense.
The AAP’s Hanuman worship spree is a prelude to a dangerous trend
Reading Time: 3 minutes The AAP’s Hanuman worship spree since it swept the Delhi Assembly election 2020 can actually start a dangerous trend in Indian politics.
Shifting the Shaheen Bagh protest site: When roads become important than people
Reading Time: 3 minutes Shifting the Shaheen Bagh protest site is the biggest concern of the Supreme Court because a road is blocked. The human beings are expendable, a road isn’t.
The Shaheen Bagh protesters must evade the trap laid by Amit Shah
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Shaheen Bagh protesters must tread their course very carefully as Amit Shah, by dangling the bait of “appointment”, is luring them to trap laid by him.
Modi regime’s privatisation drive aims to jeopardise India’s future
Reading Time: 5 minutes Putting SAIL, LIC, BSNL, Air India, Indian Railways, etc, on sale, the Modi regime’s privatisation drive is taking Indian economy towards a catastrophe.
Delhi Assembly election: Euphoria and lessons
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Delhi Assembly election 2020 result stirred euphoria after the AAP defeated the BJP. There are many sides of this election. But what’s there to learn?
Delhi Police attacked the Jamia protesters, injured the democratic conscience
Reading Time: 3 minutes Delhi Police attacked the Jamia protesters with batons and chemical weapons, hit women’s private parts yet the “conscience” of many sleeps even now
Why Modi slapped PSA on the Abdullahs and Mufti?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why Modi slapped PSA on the Abdullahs and Mufti? To understand the real reasons one must go beyond the official narratives and see the long-term perspective
Delhi Assembly election 2020 exit polls and the problems of secular politics
Reading Time: 4 minutes Delhi Assembly election 2020 exit poll results predict the coming back of the AAP. But does this means the victory of secularism against BJP’s communalism?