New India beefs up Mahatma Gandhi in a formidable armour
India is abuzz with Mahatma Gandhi in the year of his 150th birth anniversary but there is a new version to his message of “ahimsa” (non-violence) which its enemies are finding out at a great...
Hail India’s war against poverty but don’t overlook the dangers ahead
Ashish Shukla
20th October 2019New India beefs up Mahatma Gandhi in a formidable armour
India is abuzz with Mahatma Gandhi in the year of his 150th birth anniversary but there is a new version to his message of “ahimsa” (non-violence) which...Hail India’s war against poverty but don’t overlook the dangers ahead
Ashish Shukla
20th October 2019Who could stand up to BJP in foreseeable future?
Newsbred Staff
19th July 2019Hidden in plain sight is the news that Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist Party of India (CPI) could soon lose the tag of being a...
Can Mumbai be saved from itself?
Sanjay K. Sharma
19th July 2019A decrepit building in Mumbai’s cramped Dongri area fell in a heap due to persistent rains and claimed 13 lives. It made front page headlines, images saddened the...
Precondition was for bail only; Jury is still out if Richa was guilty
Rohit Sardana
18th July 2019Nineteen-year-old Richa Bharti is a first-year student. For sharing a Facebook post, she spent two days behind bars. After a verdict of a district court, she is being...
BIMSTEC and India’s waterways strategy
Sanjay K. Sharma
17th July 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Mutli-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) leaders for his second swearing-in ceremony...
India runs on Railways; so please be mindful Ms. Sonia Gandhi
Ashish Shukla
17th July 2019Railways was in news for different reasons last week. It wasn’t rail-budget (that the NDA government did away with in 2017 after 92 years); any train accident or...
World Cup final: Greatest game ever? My foot!
Ashish Shukla
16th July 2019Just think of the cricket stars who were there in the World Cup 2019. I mean Tendulkars and Pontings; Akrams and Warnes; Kohlis and Roots; Williamsons and...
Karnataka now, MP and Rajasthan tomorrow; Who saves Congress?
Ashish Shukla
15th July 2019Critics are bemused; fans dismayed as Congress gasp on a political ventilator. Vital organs (top leaders) and arteries (regional leaders) are giving up. Deep coma of a...
Porn is bigger than Amazon or Netflix and that’s a cause for worry
Ashish Shukla
14th July 2019I recently did a piece in praise of India’s new Child Pornography Bill but the issue didn’t leave me and several related issues teased like a...
BJP’s plan for Kashmiri Pandits is unrealistic
Sanjay K. Sharma
13th July 2019Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be speaking through its hat when it claims that it wants to resettle Kashmiri Hindu pandits back in the Kashmir Valley.
Is Indian media hand in gloves with Arvind Kejriwal?
Ashish Shukla
13th July 2019Since our newspapers don’t ask a few simple questions to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, could we the readers pose a few and then judge if the two could be...
