Chandrababu Naidu Says Modi Is No Vajpayee; Quits NDA
What the Andhra chief minister Chandrababu Naidu said about Modi was somewhat different from what the BJP leaders think of him. He very plainly stated Modi was no Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The implication...
View ArticleTrump’s Transgender Military Ban: What Kind Of Example Does This Set Before...
In an attempt to make historical changes, Trump has passed a law banning transgender persons from serving in the military. This is a threat to humanity and its principles. When a leader of one of the...
View ArticleIs Vice India Censoring Stories Due To Fear Of The Govt?
The News Editor Kunal Majumder and Managing Editor Rishi Majumder of Vice India resigned last week, due to alleged editorial interference on the part of the management, which involved censoring stories...
View ArticleIn 3 Simple Charts, The Inside Story Of Cambridge Analytica’s Work On Indian...
The BJP and the Congress have been fighting each other ever since Cambridge Analytica’s work in India started getting reported. A new round of this war of words took place on Tuesday after Christopher...
View ArticleVaranasi’s Flower Pot Lifters Were Not Really Different From The Khaat Ones
During French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi earlier this month, a strange thing happened. The ghats were beautifully decked up with flower pots, but...
View Articleअम्बेडकर के नाम में राम जोड़ना, उनका मान बढ़ाना है या इस्तेमाल करना?
सुनने में आ रहा है कि उत्तर प्रदेश की योगी सरकार ने निर्णय लिया है कि बाबासाहब भीमराव अम्बेडकर के नाम के साथ, उनके पिता का नाम ‘रामजी’ जोड़कर पूरा नाम लिखा जाएगा। ‘भीमराव रामजी अम्बेडकर’ सभी सरकारी...
View Articleजानिए फेसबुक डेटा लीक पर क्यों हो रही है सियासी रस्साकशी
डेटा चोरी का मामला सामने आने के बाद जहां पूरी दुनिया में हड़कम्प मचा हुआ है वहीं इसकी आंच भारत तक भी पहुंच गई है लेकिन यहां इस आंच में राजनीतिक पार्टियां सियासी रोटियां सेंक रही है। कांग्रेस और भाजपा...
View ArticleShashi Tharoor Speaks Out On BJP’s Version Of Hinduism And The Need To Fight...
I recently got a chance to sit down with Dr Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. Dr Tharoor also currently serves as Chairman of the...
View Article10 High Profile Members Of The Trump Administration Who Have Either Resigned...
Donald Trump took oath as President of The United States of America on January 20, 2017. Since then, he has faced multiple points of conflict with officials and even with members of his cabinet. He had...
View ArticleIs Asansol The City Of Brotherhood Or The City Of Riots?
Asansol, known as the ‘city of brotherhood’, has been up in flames for the last five days. On the day of Ram Navami (Sunday), the celebrations turned bitter as clashes started happening in different...
View Articleबिहार नफरत के आगोश में है और कौन हैं जो चैन से बंसी बजा रहे हैं?
बिहार को नफरत की आग में झोंक दिया गया है। इसे फिरकावाराना फ़साद कहा जाए या दो पक्षों में टकराव या साम्प्रदायिक तनाव, लफ़्ज़ों पर आलिम जितनी चाहे, उतनी बहस करें। आम बिहारी जन के लिए यह नफ़रत, ख़ौफ़,...
View ArticleDoklam: A Brief History Of A Long Stand-Off
The Over-Claimed Land Doklam, the disputed region between Bhutan and China, is an area comprising a plateau and a valley, lying between Tibet’s Chumbi Valley towards the north, Bhutan’s Ha Valley...
View ArticleDoes BJP Reflect The Ideas Of The Youth In Our Country?
No, it doesn’t. Here’s why I think so: The nation voted the BJP government in power because they thought a new government with fresh ideas and a young mindset is finally ready to take over. It sure did...
View ArticleAm I A Modi-Bhakt Or A Communist? What Is My Ideology?
Before I got to know what ideology meant, I had never imagined it had something to do with my own existence. The clashes of ideologies are at an all-time high in the Indian political saga right now. It...
View ArticleAssamese Gorkha In The Indian Freedom Movement: An Overview
The Gorkhas are very brave and courageous. They have shown and delivered their full efforts for the welfare of the country. But nowadays, they are facing ridiculous circumstances, as if they are not...
View Articleबिहार में BJP की राजनीति युवाओं को बांटो और राज करो की है?
बीजेपी पर सत्ता में आने के लिए सांप्रदायिक दंगे करवाते रहने का आरोप लगता रहता है। आज भी वह इन्ही सांप्रदायिक राजनीति की वजह से केंद्र में आई है। केन्द्र सरकार या बीजेपी की राजनीति देखेंगे तो पायेंगे...
View ArticleHow Will Changing The Name Of Ahmedabad To Karnavati Help Anyone?
It was Friday morning. I went out and picked up the newspaper. I had a quick glance at the headlines on the front page. But my eyes stopped at the one which was written in a small box at the corner. It...
View ArticleIgnorance About Order, Marching For ‘Likes’: Why I Decided To Boycott The...
As a student of the Zakir Husain Delhi College, I have had a front-row view of the protests against the government’s new policy of financing central universities, which are being carried out by the...
View ArticleDid The UP Govt. Add Ambedkar’s Middle Name ‘Ramji’ To Records To Lure Dalit...
Near the end of March, the Uttar Pradesh government decided to do something which it had never done before. It was a beautifully moist, clear March day, barely with any blustery weather. It was a...
View ArticleA Memory From 2011 Elections, And A Message To Left Supporters In West Bengal
It was March 2011 in West Bengal. The state assembly election was a few weeks away. Poll campaign was in full sway. Still a university student then, I was contesting as the Left Front-nominated...
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