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J & K didn’t have Lok Sabha polls for two decades; not to say of rigged seats

Sant Kumar Sharma - August 3, 2020

(This is the sixth piece in the special series on Jammu and Kashmir. Here are the first four pieces I , II , III IV and V). The Central government had...

Scindia is a blow in the guts for Gandhis: The writing is on the wall

Ashish Shukla - March 11, 2020

If a popular vote is to be taken, Jyotiraditya Scindia would only be second to Rahul Gandhi as a major Congress leader in the...

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar: Justice at last

Newsbred Staff - October 18, 2019

(There is much heartburn on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) putting forth its resolve to grant much-maligned Veer Savarkar with Bharat Ratna in the near...

Triple Talaq Bill: Are Indian Muslims now political orphans?

Ashish Shukla - August 1, 2019

Indian Muslims, most of whom are political, have a difficult choice today. They number most in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal and switch between...

RTI Amendment Bill 2019 & the fake charade of Tharoor

Ashish Shukla - July 23, 2019

Andimuthu Raja of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) calls it “a dark day for democracy.” Shashi Tharoor of the Congress sees it a bid...

Who could stand up to BJP in foreseeable future?

Newsbred Staff - July 19, 2019

Hidden in plain sight is the news that Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Communist Party of India (CPI) could soon lose...

Why Smriti Irani deserves our respect for Child Pornography Bill

Ashish Shukla - July 12, 2019

Paedophilia, or to treat children as sex objects, is rampant around you and please don’t be disgusted by the suggestion. If you are a man,...

Manmohan Singh and the winter of public life

Ashish Shukla - June 28, 2019

The winter of public life is setting upon Dr. Manmohan Singh. By all accounts, it is doing no good to his feeble frame. Or...

Hindi, Hindu or Hinduism, Congress always fluffs its lines

Ashish Shukla - June 25, 2019

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury looks funny in the video. I mean buttoned sleeves of a tightly-fitted white shirt with matching trousers tucked under a jeans...