Why I Disagree With The PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ On Demonetisation
PM Modi has been addressing the nation through his radio program “Mann Ki Baat” for close to two years now, expounding on various matters of policy and governance. Of course, many might say there’s...
View Articleसवाल-आपके गांव में बिजली होती तो क्या करते? जवाब-लाइट जलाते
स्वदेश फिल्म में जब मोहन बाबू के बदौलत गांव में पहली बार बूढ़ी अम्मा के चेहरे पर बल्ब की रौशनी चमकती है, तो उन झुर्रियों से झांकती खुशी सिहरन दे जाती है। लेकिन असल ज़िंदगी में मोहन बाबू बिरले हुआ करते...
View Article32 Years After The Bhopal Gas Tragedy – Disease, Damage, But No Justice
The ghosts of the past never do really seem to relinquish their firm grasp on their modern contemporaries – both metaphorically and literally. More than 30 years have lapsed since the occurrence of the...
View Article‘I Hope Amma Lives’: Scenes From A Crazed Chennai After Jayalalithaa’s...
I arrived in Chennai on December 2, from foggy Delhi. I was greeted by an outpour of rain. A conversation with the cabbie about demonetisation brought up a little bit of a common man’s perspective. He...
View Article25 मार्च 1989:जयललिता की तुलना हुई द्रौपदी से और ली गई एक प्रतिज्ञा
25 मार्च 1989, तमिलनाडु विधानसभा। जो अंदर हुआ उसके अलग-अलग वर्ज़न्स, अलग-अलग लोगों से सामने आएं। लेकिन एक दृश्य जो सबने देखा वो था जयललिता का विधानसभा से परेशान हालत में अपनी खीची(कई वर्ज़न्स में फटी...
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फिल्म एक्ट्रेस जयललिता कैसे पहुंची सत्ता के शिखर पर
तमिलनाडु की मुख्यमंत्री ‘जयललिता’ दक्षिण भारतीय राजनीती का एक बड़ा नाम। कल कार्डियक अरेस्ट के बाद से ही उनकी स्थिति गंभीर बताई जा रही है। इस दौरान उन्हें प्यार से ‘अम्मा’ कहकर बुलाने वाले उनके करोड़ों...
View ArticleWhy The Govt. Needs To Listen To Us Before Taking Big Decisions
In a complex society like India, government plays a pivotal role and affects nearly all aspects of people’s lives. That the government enjoys and exercises considerable influence on our lives was...
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‘An Autocrat She Is, No Doubt. But A Benevolent One’: Remembering Amma
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa passed away on December 5. Late in September, she was admitted to Chennai’s Apollo Hospital for “fever and dehydration.” As the months progressed, it became...
View ArticleWatch: A 2009 Interview Snippet Where Jayalalithaa Boldly Took On Sexism In...
Five-time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and one of India’s most well-known and powerful leaders, J. Jayalalithaa, fondly known as Amma, passed away at 11:30 p.m. on December 5, after suffering a cardiac...
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The Day Tamil Nadu Stood Still
December 5, 2016. The fateful day. The day Tamil Nadu stood still. The day an entire state stood with baited breath, anxiously awaiting a status update from the irritatingly quiet Apollo Hospital,...
View ArticleWatch: When Jayalalithaa Facilitated The Merciless Arrest Of Rival Karunanidhi
Throughout her tenure as AIADMK general secretary, J. Jayalalithaa exchanged many blows with her political rivals. The bitter feud between her and DMK Chief Muthuvel Karunanidhi, though, continues to...
View ArticleWatch: When Jayalalithaa Opened Up About Childhood Crushes, Her Art, And More
“I think it’s a tribute to your charm and your charms of persuasion, your talent, that you’ve been able to elicit answers from me which no one could ever dream of doing until today.” With these words,...
View Articleअकाली दल और भाजपा के बीच मिट रही हैं दूरियां?
2015 में हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री शपथ समारोह में प्रधानमंत्री मोदी और पंजाब के मुख्यमंत्री प्रकाश सिंह बादल, एक ही मंच पर थे लेकिन दोनों के बीच दूरी साफ देखी जा सकती थी। अंदाज़ा लगाना आसान था कि भारतीय...
View ArticleWhy Dr. Ambedkar Left Hinduism And Chose Buddhism
December 6 marks a special day for millions of Dalits and socially backward citizens of India. It was on December 6, 60 years ago, that one of the greatest crusaders of the country’s marginalised...
View Article“The Legend Laid To Rest”: Twitter Reacts To Amma’s Death And Burial
Messages have started pouring in since the passing of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa Jayaraman on Monday, the 5th of December, at 11.30 PM, after a prolonged,...
View Articleमुझे याद है, वो दिन 6 दिसंबर 1992 का था
बहुत धुंधला-धुंधला सा याद है कुछ, मैं दो से तीन बरस का भी नहीं था, स्कूल जाना शुरू नहीं किया था। पापा ऐसे तो रोज़ाना सवेरे ही अपने क्लिनिक के लिए निकल जाते थे पर कभी कभी बीच बीच में वो ‘अच्छे दिन’ आते...
View ArticleIf You Can’t Be Forced To Eat, Should You Be Forced Into Singing The National...
What if a sentiment which is a part of human emotion is forced upon you? What if you are forced to eat when you really don’t want to? Or forced to sleep, when you don’t feel like it. Would you be able...
View Article‘Secularism Has Become A Way Of Keeping Muslims Hostage’: Yogendra Yadav
By Yasa Iqbal: The Indian Muslim community in Riyadh held an event this weekend in the capital called the “Current Political Discourse in India – A Challenge for Minorities”. The event that took place...
View ArticleThe Simple Reason We Condemn Bashar Al-Assad For War Crimes, But Not The US
It’s an age-old fact that with one’s choice of words, one can win over the hearts and minds of people. Words are enough to deliver fatal blows and terrorise the masses. I believe those associated with...
View Article10 Things To Know About Cho Ramaswamy, The Man Who Loved To Defy Everything
Veteran journalist and senior political satirist Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy passed away in Chennai on Wednesday morning following a chronic lung condition. He was 82. Through his life, Cho, as he was...
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