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Stooping to Conquer: Will it Work?

In his time Jesus of Nazareth was an oppositional figure, hounded by both the priesthood and the Roman overlords. So, when he gathered his choice followers to a Last Supper, at which he washed their feet and shared his body and blood with them, he told them that their ...

Seeing Is Believing..!

With quite a few in the country disbelieving the armed forces for the valiant and heroic job they are doing, especially the air-force in the recent bombings, that I wasn’t too surprised when a friend, a retired officer came to me with a leaked document, “Seeing is beli...

Elections 2019: India at Cross roads

Elections in a democracy can rightly be called as festival of the masses. They determine the course of the country in times to come. That is generally the case and Indian democracy has been steering this path, deepening the democratic process so far. It is not that the...

Hello Mr Churchill..!

He was the best thing that happened to England during the Second World War. With pipe in his mouth and a permanent bull dog look, he galvanized every Englishman who lay hiding in his basement as the Germans bombed London, and got him to fight back and win. If not for ...

Kashmir and Kashmiris matter too

RELATIONS between India and Pakistan have nosedived since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. If anyone thought that he would make up the loss by a conciliatory policy towards Kashmiris, they were mistaken. It was never part of his agenda. The Rashtriya Swayam...

Cheats, Frauds and Hope..!

A Times of India report sometime back made me despair: It said coaching classes in the city were teaching children how to cheat! This is what professors were teaching their children: 'When caught, never confess,' I repeat never ever confess. 'If noticed, swallow the c...

Reading state power in our troubled times

Michel Foucault's seminal lectures delivered in College De France (1977-78) were published with the title Security, Territory and Population. (Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2007) While introducing the theme, Foucault argued: "...what is involved in this analysis of mec...

Modi's muscular policy is not working, time to talk to Pak

In 2014 when Narendra Modi came to power, the expectation was that he would set India's sights on the world and perhaps compete with China. This flowed from the conviction that India was too big to be preoccupied with Pakistan, a country one-sixth its population size a...

A contest between economy and nationalism

What are the issues that trouble 900 million Indian voters who are going to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha between April 11 and May 19? Do they expect the new parliamentarians to keep the promises they make or the government they bring in improve their lot? Is ther...

Discarding Necessities..!

Many years ago while still a bachelor I was invited to the home of a friend who'd just got married. "But you're just married!" I said, "You need to spend time with your wife!" "I can never give up my friends Bob, they're as necessary to me as bread to a hungry man!"...

Modi's Gimmick of Washing feet of Sanitary Workers; Glorifying self: Maintaining status quo

Manually cleaning excreta is a terribly degrading and humiliating work. It strips away a person's humanity. The very existence of hereditary castes of sanitation workers is a dark blot on India. Even countries poorer than India have abolished this horrid practice.

Not Just A Moustache..!

Aha! So, Indian barber shops are full! Everybody, I hear with even a whiff of a moustache is trying to shape it downwards like Abhinandan’s whiskers! And mummy’s eyebrow pencil’s disappeared as those without, use hers to get the Abhi look. “Look at me!” they say, stro...

Yet another rebuff to popular will in J&K

The Election Commission's contention that assembly polls cannot be held simultaneously due to security issues does not have much traction. What then are the reasons for the deferral?
In yet another cynical rebuff to the popular democratic aspiration in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, the Election Commission of India has thought it fit to defer elections to the state assembly. This, after every democratic political force in the state, including the B...

Jump like A Squirrel..!

Sometimes, nay I would say quite often we writers look at ourselves and wonder whether it's all worth it! Worth giving up money and comforts to slog away at a passion that brings neither. I look at friends who have risen to great heights and who think nothing of pickin...
 

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