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Editorial May 2, 2014 9:29 PM IST

By Rachit Seth Disclaimer: After reading this post, if you want to form an opinion on me, please note that every drop of my blood is bound with the liberal idea of India. Either you are excited about these elections, or you are a liberal. This is the joke doing the rounds this election. When […]

Since when did Abu Azmi start issuing Muslim identity cards

Irfan Iqbal Gheta May 1, 2014 11:51 PM IST

The 16th Lok Sabha elections are underway. Whenever one feels that the fatigue of electioneering is setting in, something new turns up to revive the depleting interest. The Samajwadi Party has always positioned itself as the secular party. The ‘secular’ word has a different meaning altogether in the context in which our politicians use it. […]

Doesn’t Amit Shah realise that a tsunami only creates destruction?

Parth MN April 25, 2014 3:20 AM IST

When political leaders use metaphors to describe a scenario, it is often an amusement. Rahul Gandhi used ‘Beehive’ to characterize India. Little did he know that a beehive has a queen bee at the Centre and when she dies, the beehive actually falls into disuse. He received a lot of flak as it implied that if […]

Kejriwal, are you really any different?

Abhijeet Thakur April 22, 2014 10:53 PM IST

While seeking votes for Kumar Vishwas in Amethi, Arvind Kejriwal couldn’t hide his despair and went on to the extent of advising people to accept all what is offered to them by his opponents in the need for votes. He told them to accept cash, clothes or whatever. In remarks that could fall foul of […]

Dear Mrs Robert Vadra, is your husband really that innocent?

Divya Mohan April 22, 2014 10:02 PM IST

You may not know me, Mrs. Vadra; I am one among the million nameless faces in the country who are stuck in between the volley of words between you and your opponents. To add to the absolute horror of the scams under your government (your opponents being no less) you go so far as to […]

With Giriraj Singh and Pravin Togadia, Achhe din aane waale hai?

Parth MN April 21, 2014 10:37 PM IST

The atmosphere and scenarios thrown up in the prelude to 2014 general elections have been intriguing and, at times, amusing. Consider this: Rajnath Singh, the BJP party president, travels to Uttar Pradesh and meets Muslim clerics. Their gaiety and mirth pictures are published across the country. Simultaneously, Subramanian Swamy tweets, ‘Remember that Babri Masjid was […]

Muslim cleric in Lucknow praises BJP president, confuses the community voters

Uzair Hasan Rizvi April 19, 2014 2:46 AM IST

At a time when most of the Muslim organizations and parties have issued statements against the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for their alleged communal approach and their prime ministerial candidate whom many still accuse for not stopping the 2002 Gujarat riots under his government, where more than 1,000 were killed, mostly Muslims. And then comes […]

The nautankis of Kumar Vishwas

Divya Mohan April 18, 2014 11:45 PM IST

Without doubt, Indian politics is at its sensational best with the nation almost midway into the poll season. Political parties, their supporters and the media are putting their best foot forward to make sure every minor detail gets hyped into a major one. Amongst the parties, the Aam Aadmi Party acknowledging the flavor of the […]

Does young India really care about the Gandhis?

Ndeye Diobaye April 18, 2014 5:58 PM IST

Congress party’s reliance on the Nehru-Gandhi family, has received strong criticism from opposition parties throughout the 2014 Lok Sabha elections campaign. Both, the BJP and AAP have added a dissent to dynastical politics in their main campaign messages and deliberately chosen prime ministerial candidates of modest background. Though it is the primary example of nepotism, […]

For power, BJP knocks on Muslims’ door

Uzair Hasan Rizvi April 17, 2014 6:43 PM IST

The election campaigns in India are certainly getting more and more nerve-wrecking as the parties are leaving no-stone unturned to woo all the communities and especially the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is playing different games altogether when it comes to appeasing the Muslim voters. A few days ago BJPs’ Uttar Pradesh election campaign manager Amit […]

Would things be different for Congress if Sonia Gandhi was Prime Minister?

Divya Mohan April 17, 2014 5:50 PM IST

Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi shocked everyone in the previous elections by abdicating from her responsibilities and giving up the Prime Ministerial candidature. Her opponents considered it their victory (remember Sushma Swaraj crying hoarse over the fact that the country would be ruled by a candidate of Italian descent?) when actually it was a whack on […]

Left-lib intellectuals neither get development nor human rights

Editorial April 17, 2014 4:41 PM IST

By Amrit Hallan The left-liberal intellectuals in India and abroad seem to have come up with a new catchphrase when it comes to opposing Narendra Modi, “Do we want development at the cost of human rights?” A motley group of artists, writers, activists and intellectuals including Salman Rushdie, Deepa Mehta, Nandita Das, Mahesh Bhatt and […]

Why our politicians never say sorry

Pari Trivedi April 16, 2014 9:52 PM IST

In a rarity in Indian Politics, Arvind Kejriwal last week admitted that his impulsive exit as Chief Minister of Delhi was a mistake. I say rare because –think about it- when was the last time any of our politicians actually apologized or admitted to making a mistake? While Arvind Kejriwal finally admitted his mistake, it […]

Rajnath Singh’s Muslim hypocrisy: Vote ke liye kuch bhi karega

Divya Mohan April 16, 2014 7:22 PM IST

If you thought Sonia Gandhi was the only one stirring up controversies by meeting up with top Muslim clerics, think again! BJP supremo Rajnath Singh, has not only met with an important Shia cleric from Lucknow, but he has also emerged with an assured backing to his contested seat in Lucknow, this general election. A […]

Why intellectuals haven’t forgiven Modi yet?

Abhineet Panjwani April 14, 2014 11:52 PM IST

  “Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate.” – Perry Anderson quoted in his book and one of my favourite Spectrum: From Right to Left in the World of […]

Another Gandhi and another ‘inner voice’: Reality or a Farce?

Irfan Iqbal Gheta April 14, 2014 8:23 PM IST

“My decision to not contest is personal. I will only change it when I feel from within I should.” - Priyanka Gandhi Circa 2004. The Congress rode to power at the centre riding high on the anti-incumbency wave. The BJP-led NDA had lost and it was time for the Congress to take charge. The whole country’s […]

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