Category: Current Affairs

On Cops, Smugglers and picturesque Himachal

As I chanced upon this news-item yesterday, “Five cops…suspended…nexus between cops and the drug mafia“, I was reminded of this article from earlier this week: Vulnerable India faces a new threat by Ramtanu Maitra...

The great joke that is Indian Media – Part VII

From Some Hard Questions (Hat Tip: Sh Kak), comes this extraordinary account of how even the basic facts about the Jamia Nagar operation are proving to be difficult to reconcile if one goes by...

The not so “communal” clashes in Assam

For the last few days, I have been following the twists and turns of the “clashes” in Assam with great interest…Not least because I have a very strong personal bond with the region but...

Who really killed Swami Laxmanananda?

Was it the Maoists? Orissa’s top ranking Maoist Sabyasachi Panda has once again claimed that the red brigade killed Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his disciples at his Jalespeta ashram on August 23....