Terror Trail #From Mumbai to Paris
File Pic Terror struck Paris once again with chilling horror on 13/11, when alleged Islamic State (IS) terrorists struck at six spots simultaneously, shooting innocent citizens and blowing themselves up. Over 120 persons have been killed and many more injured....
Grand Tamasha : Narendra Modi’s Wembley Performace in Britain
File Pic The grand tamasha of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Kingdom and his Wembley performance represents a neat conjunction between the interests of Britain and India. Greater business opportunities and friendly relationships are surely something to...
Battle of Bihar : The Biggest Ever Game Changer
BJP was extremely confident of winning the election till September this year. It did not expect Nitish-Lalu to come together. And when Mulayam Singh Yadav left the alliance in a huff, the pre-poll situation seemed to be playing out according...
The Return of Rajan….!!
Chhota Rajan returns to India after 27 years with a profile markedly altered in the time since he fled. From one among the dreaded criminals of Mumbai’s underworld, he recast himself as a ‘patriotic don’, and was helped as such...
What made Microsoft’s Satya Nadella to pick up Varanasi for digital pilot?
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s plans for the ambitious Digital India programme include an experimental technology pilot in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency of Varanasi. The software giant has chosen the pilgrim town in Uttar Pradesh as the venue for a project...
My name is Khan and I am tolerant..!!!
Remember a dialogue from one of the movies of Shahrukh Khan, “My name is Khan and I am not a terrorist.” The situation connects to his real life at present. And the big question is - Is an artist representative...
Caste has colours too – Green stands for Dalit!
File Pic As if only this was left behind in taking the caste based thought process to next level. IN the schools of Tirunelveli, about 650 km south of Chennai, caste comes in shades of red, yellow, green and saffron. It’s...
Why isn’t BJP acting upon Vidarbha statehood issue?
Interacting with the media on completing one year in office on Sunday, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis tried to avoid questions on granting statehood to Vidarbha, one of the oldest demands of the people, cleverly used by the BJP to its...
What Bihar polls mean to Modi?
Amit Shah seems to believe that if "by mistake" the BJP were to bite the dust in Bihar, there would be firecrackers of celebration in Pakistan. On the contrary, fireworks would burst in India, and particularly in Bihar, if the...
Mark Zuckerberg and his Delhi ‘Deeds’!
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg hosted the much-awaited Townhall Q&A at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. His last Tonwhall Q&A with Prime Minster Narendra Modi in Silicon Valley grabbed the attention of the nation thanks to the PM's...
Narendra Modi and his media invite strategies!
Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India in 2014, he took a policy decision of not taking private media personnel along with him on foreign trips aboard Air India One (his official aircraft), while this was a practice which...
Was Chhota Rajan’s arrest stage-managed?
Strong indications have appeared to suggest that Chhota Rajan's arrest in Indonesia was planned much in advance by the Indian agencies to avert danger to his life. Rajan was probably taken into custody a week before he was officially shown...
Shiv Sena-BJP bond – A disillusioned Wedding!
The disagreements between the Shiv Sena and the BJP in Mumbai continues to illuminate and educate Mumbai's long suffering citizens. The latest example was a poster displaying Prime Minister Modi bowing before the late Bal Thackeray. The poster, which came...
Tolerating the new found Intolerance
I wanted to write about two strong beliefs that many Indians have about our nation and about our selves. They were repeated by Union minister Venkaiah Naidu at a function a few days ago. He said: "We see a new trend...
Death of Dalit : Rising humans, falling humanity
How can we dare to even pretend to aspire to climbing up the global ranking of 'developed' countries, when we allow our most vulnerable people to be raped, tortured, beaten and murdered? Don't be emotional the editors say. Don't be sensational....
Uddhav Thackeray’s Speech : Slapping and tapping BJP at the same time!
There is one saying in Hindi – Gud khakar gulgule se parhez (like the sugar but dislike the sweet). This exactly goes in sync with Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s Dussehra speech. Thackeray adopted a two pronged strategy extending total...
Virender Sehwag : Less technique, more match spirit!
Virender Sehwag is every bit a non-conformist. As a batsman, he cared less about technique and all the other idiosyncrasies associated with the game of cricket. In a lot of ways, his batting was a reflection of his personality —...
Collegium or not…? Makes a little difference
I have been asked my opinion by several people about the recent verdict of the Supreme Court quashing the NJAC Constitutional Amendment Act. The verdict only restores the Collegium system created by Judges themselves in the second and third Judges...
‘Modi Sarkar’ v/s ‘Sonia ki Sarkar’ – It’s just same an year and a half later!
More than a year and half after “Modi Sarkar” came to power at the Centre, we can make out that by and large we have the same outcome as what was back then, in the times of “Sonia (some say...
The black money blackhole: BoB fraud shows our banks are legit route for illegitimate stash
There is an interesting coincidence in the whole Bank of Baroda remittance scam - the amount of money that is said to have gone out of the country (Rs 6,000 crore) is bigger than the illegal money that the government...
Shiv Sena’s democratic act of ‘non-violence’!
The shameful attack by the Shiv Sena on Sudheendra Kulkarni and the frenzied response to the writers protesting by returning their awards or quitting the Sahitya Akademi show how all possibility of meaning is being hijacked. It would be easy...
