Cow vs Kaaba – the missing spine of ‘liberals’ when it comes to Islam
Four reasons why the liberals don’t have the courage to take on Islamic extremism.
Opinions
The shaved head of Sonu Nigam mourns the death of ‘secularism’ in India
RIP secularism. RIP liberalism. RIP intellectualism.
Did polarization of Hindu votes take place in Uttar Pradesh?
I was invited to Zee News for discussing assembly election results and there I had the opportunity to talk to Arif Mohammad Khan, who once was a state minister and an active politician, famous for being the Muslim face who quit Congress when Rajiv Gandhi, then enjoying a mammoth majority in Lok Sabha, took steps to overturn the Shah Bano judgment to please Muslim fundamentalists.
As trends appeared to settle down and it looked like BJP was all set to win Uttar Pradesh (and it has swept the elections like the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as I write), some people started talking about kabristan-shamshan and “polarization”. Continue readingDid polarization of Hindu votes take place in Uttar Pradesh?
This TV ad explains the importance of ‘appearing’ liberal
This thought had struck me more than a year ago, when I saw this particular television advertisement. Then the ad slowly disappeared from TV screens. However, I saw it again during the recent India-England cricket series. So hitting a mauke pe chauka, I thought to pen my thoughts finally.
First, take a look at the ad: Continue readingThis TV ad explains the importance of ‘appearing’ liberal
A short passage on ‘introspection’ from a ‘right winger’ to ‘liberals’
“The meaning of nationalism has been reduced to a joke by fans of this regime. Anyone criticising the government is branded anti-national. This is a dangerous trend that can’t be good for healthy democracy at all.”
So said a self-declared liberal person. And it’s not a new grouse. This has been being repeated ever since the JNU incident came to light in the beginning of this year, where the government unwittingly made a lout like Kanhaiya Kumar a hero for the self-declared liberals. Continue readingA short passage on ‘introspection’ from a ‘right winger’ to ‘liberals’