After his awkwardly worded bail plea (“the victim was an educated modern woman”) failed and the legal pincer tightens inexorably, Tarun Tejpal, founder-editor of Tehelka, is seeking to project himself as a victim of a “Right Wing political conspiracy” as Goa, where he is being tried for rape, sexual harassment … Read More
Ghulam Nabi Fai, the high profile US citizen of Kashmiri origin (born Badgam, India) who was prosecuted in December 2011 for working as an unregistered lobbyist for Pakistan, has re-emerged with a bang to demand self-determination for the people of the State, a euphemism for independence. He was speaking at … Read More
In a ringing endorsement of the farm-centric policies pursued by former Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and signalling appreciation for his return to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Narendra Modi reiterated his belief that agriculture is the root of national prosperity and the health of our villages and farmers alone would ensure … Read More
Arvind Kejriwal’s bare-faced lie that he has no house to go to after relinquishing office as Chief Minister and will retain his official accommodation until his daughter’s term examinations in school are over (around May), completes the web of lies he and his close associates wove when they lured citizens … Read More
In a veiled attack on the Nehruvian model of growth based on top-down uniform planning, Narendra Modi unveiled a more complex understanding of developmental issues based on the topography of different regions, and said that the diverse problems of the Himalayan ranges, coastal, and desert States require diverse, region-specific solutions. … Read More
Faux fury is being built up over a 21st century drain inspector’s report, this time from the groves of American academia, bewitchingly titled The Hindus: An Alternative History (Penguin, 2009). Hindu outrage at the ridicule and insult heaped on the community and its gods, and the fallacious understanding of Hindu … Read More
The fierce resistance of Andhra Pradesh MPs to the tabling of the AP Reorganisation Bill, 2013 to bifurcate India’s first linguistic State assumed a new dimension with the use of pepper spray and possibly the flashing of a knife (vehemently denied) within the hallowed precincts of the Lok Sabha, which … Read More
Dismissing the Third Front as a ‘Congress bachao front’ rather than a serious contender for power at the Centre, Narendra Modi exhorted the people of Odisha to vote for complete change as the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections would be held simultaneously in the State. Addressing a mammoth rally at … Read More
The selective violence against Sikhs in 1984 is a festering sore in the national psyche and despite scrupulous collection of facts by eminent citizens from victims and witnesses, no justice has been done. Numerous reports have found that the violence was not spontaneous, as claimed by the authorities, but organised … Read More
Verbal fisticuffs have broken out with Union Finance Minister taking umbrage at the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate referring to him as “recounting Minister” at a public rally in Chennai on Saturday evening, and retaliating that Narendra Modi had staged a “fake encounter” with facts. Claiming that there was no recount … Read More
