Category: Current Affairs

The great joke that is Indian media – part 2 *must read*

Thanks to Shadow Warrior on whose blog I first came across this extraordinary piece of reporting: “Who says Indian Media isn’t biased?“*about the mass conversion of Dalits into Buddhism last Sunday in Mumbai. After...

Wish our PM had said that…

Excerpts from a column by British PM Tony Blair in the Sunday Times recently (May 27, 2007) (emphasis mine): “The absconding of three people on control orders because of suspicion of their involvement in...

On track for 7, Race Course Rd

At the risk of having to eat my own words, here is a bold prediction: Before 2014, India will have Lalu-ji (Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav) as Prime Minister with Rahul Baba as PM-in-waiting and...

Did I miss the riots?

Just came across Prudent Indian‘s comment on this post re. the Mecca Masjid blasts. I am reproducing it here: “1.)Why did not Hindus rioted after Mumbai train blasts or Delhi serial bombings on the eve...

How a tea-stall survey trumped exit polls…(and more)

Four articles re. the UP elections. CAUTION: LONG POST. While catching up on the post-election analysis of UP elections, I picked up this interesting article by Vidya Subrahmaniam: “Travelling in U.P. at election time” *****...