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Indian Express begins 2019 with Mrinal Pande’s bigotry

Ashish Shukla - January 1, 2019

I grew up in Lucknow, aware of a Hindi literary icon Shivani who lived in Gulistan Colony, a pristine part of the city which...

Our politicians are for polls, not people

Ashish Shukla - December 20, 2018

We are all wary of politicians. Deep in our hearts we know they are populists. All they want is to win elections. They could...

Aadhaar Act: SC may have to take another call

Ashish Shukla - November 28, 2018

The Aadhaar issue is far from settled despite Supreme Court ruling on its validity and necessity under the Constitutional norms on Wednesday. The ruling Modi...

Swami Sanand’s death would sit heavy on Modi’s conscience

Ashish Shukla - November 3, 2018

We all need to go beyond the death of fasting Swami Sanand (October 11, 2018) and the disappointment he carried to his pyre at...

Does Manmohan care about India or Congress?

Ashish Shukla - October 28, 2018

Does Manmohan Singh care about India or Congress? If he cared about India, he would’ve earned the gratitude of a billion-plus Indians by stepping down...

Aiyar’s return throws many disturbing questions for Congress

Ashish Shukla - August 20, 2018

Mani Shankar Aiyar’s re-induction in Congress is a disturbing news from multi perspectives. The act was bad, the timing was bad and the case...

Hindus first lose lives; and then the narrative

Ashish Shukla - August 15, 2018

Every Independence Day fills me with sadness and anger. For the day next is August 16, albeit of 1946, when the Muslim League government...

Rahul-Kejriwal saga: What Lutyens Media didn’t tell you

Ashish Shukla - August 10, 2018

I bet most of you wouldn’t know it. For most of you read Indian Express, Times of India and Hindustan Times. And none of...

Spare us your history lessons, Dalai Lama

Ashish Shukla - August 9, 2018

It’s such a humbug from the 14th Dalai Lama to suggest that the 1947 Partition could’ve been avoided had Pt Jawaharlal Nehru accepted Mahatama Gandhi’s offer...