Why the special law to protect journalists in Maharashtra is flawed
Maharashtra has become the first state to pass a special law that aims to protect journalists from attacks.
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?
Outrage over ‘raincoat’ comment – how Congress is trying to re-write history
During 2009-2014, Manmohan Singh presided over a regime that saw scams of all hues and proportions. As a Prime Minister, he didn’t act promptly to stop these scams, and in fact is accused of helping in some cases. What we saw under his tenure is described best by a term he himself coined – organised loot and plunder.
While the loot largely happened during the second term, Manmohan Singh undermined the dignity and constitutionality of the office of the Prime Minister for full ten years where the PMO was reduced to executing orders of NAC under Sonia Gandhi – something that is corroborated by the PMO files. Continue readingOutrage over ‘raincoat’ comment – how Congress is trying to re-write history
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
Why Rahul Gandhi will continue to copy Arvind Kejriwal’s antics
Back in December 2013, when AAP made an impressive debut in electoral politics and went on to form a 49 days long government in Delhi with the outside support of Congress, Rahul Gandhi had said that he will learn from the success of AAP.
And it appears that he was dead serious, even though people take his statements in jest. In the last couple of years, Rahul Gandhi has been doing everything AAP has done, or rather Kejriwal has done. Continue readingWhy Rahul Gandhi will continue to copy Arvind Kejriwal’s antics