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A muscular India gives its army a ‘free hand’ to knock sense in China

Ashish Shukla - June 17, 2020

It would be a grave misjudgement to believe that China has walked over India in a physical showdown in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh...

Sushant and Gaurav: What’s the connection we all need to know?

Ashish Shukla - June 16, 2020

Death has hovered around us in recent months. Corona Virus pandemic allows us only incremental life; not a free-flowing one. We are not allowed...

Jobs lost, coffers empty: The myth of Indian media’s independence

Shantanu Guha Ray - June 15, 2020

In three months flat, hundreds of journalists and camera persons have lost jobs in India’s big media industry that is considered to be among...

Next time you quote them on Dalits, put them to this neutrality test

Ashish Shukla - June 14, 2020

There is little gain-saying that Dalits have not suffered in India. They have been raped, murdered, discriminated against, distanced from wells and temples and...

Delhi voters cruel lesson: Freebies are not governance

Ashish Shukla - June 13, 2020

The unfolding Corona pandemic disaster in India’s capital Delhi is a reminder to voters that freebies aren’t the yardstick to elect a government. Just before...

US State Department Report on Indian Muslims: What’s the truth?

Salman Haidar - June 12, 2020

I am an Indian Muslim who read with interest the report of US State Department on international Religious Freedom this Friday morning. The report,...

Abusing Hanuman: Where’s the leash to deter the barking Netflix

Ashish Shukla - June 9, 2020

I once heard Salman Rushdie say: “I might be indifferent to religion but if it acts as a balm to billions, who am I...

Mr Kejriwal, we need your hands on the burning deck; not FIRs against our saviours

Ashish Shukla - June 7, 2020

In filing a FIR against the Ganga Ram Hospital in the Capital, and accusing them of “black-marketing” Arvind Kejriwal could’ve appeared a concerned chief...

Indian Media’s spin is too way off in projecting Indo-China war

Vivek Sinha - June 5, 2020

Shifting the goal post and use of diversionary tactics are basic tools used by battle weary empires in order to buy time for their...

Trump censors Twitter; Should Modi’s India do likewise?

Ashish Shukla - June 3, 2020

It’s happening in the United States but it concerns all of us. President Donald Trump has passed an executive order to “censor” Social Media....

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