Taslima Nasreen and a deafening silence
Came across a great post by Sandeep on the recent assault on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad. Some things stand out in this remarkable episode: The deafening silence of the liberal activists on the incident...
Category: Indian Media
The great joke that is Indian media – Part IV (re. Siachen)
…or History made simple, courtesy IBN. IBN this morning has a breathtaking exclusive: “The untold story of accession of Kashmir“ All in 193 words (or a 2-minute video for those how prefer pictures to...
“Defending Thackeray” – excerpts
This is a column from more than 9 years ago but, interestingly, the points made by Pritish Nandy – especially with regards to our attitude towards Pakistan – still appear to be relevant. I have added my...
RigVeda in UN Heritage List
Some of you may already be aware of this: “Thirty manuscripts of the ancient Hindu text Rig Veda dating from 1800 to 1500 BC are among 38 new items that have been added to...
A *must read* series on Presidential Elections
RealityCheck has a series of posts on the Presidential election which are worth a read: Raja said why are you only thinking of men.. the selection process Last day to replace candidate ! PM rushes to Pratibha...
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