Pride, prejudice and Hadiya
The Hadiya case has quickly turned into a war of political interests between Hindutva and Islamists. Prima facie, the issue is simple. A woman choses to convert to another religion […]
The Hadiya case has quickly turned into a war of political interests between Hindutva and Islamists. Prima facie, the issue is simple. A woman choses to convert to another religion […]
A guest post by Hari Prasad on the propaganda prevailing in India, the nature of it and the implications it has for the country and its ability to understand its
If you’ve spent enough time on Twitter, you would’ve found out it’s dominated by the right-wing. BJP IT Cell members were originally on Twitter to promote Modi as a PM
Poisonous propaganda of the online right-wing machinery Read More »
Spent time on twitter after many days and it seems to be the day for absurd BJP quotes. Here are some of the ones that stay in mind. The day
Let us begin with the video of the king of “carefully presented BJP interviews”, Rajat Sharma interviewing Baba Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik. Even as respected journalists flee a sinking
Baba Ramdev aide Ved Pratap Vaidik meets Hafiz Muhammed Saeed in Pakistan Read More »
Update: Since this post was written, Cobrapost have done several more stings exposing deep rooted wrongs in India. From social media services for political parties to spread disinformation, slander or
Cobrapost: Unrewarding Journalism [with The Stalkers video] Read More »
A few days ago, a news report by the BBC caught my eye. It said the Red Cross reported some 800,000 people as disabled by the ongoing war in Afghanistan.
Sunny Singh makes a very intriguing and perceptive observation about the Arab Spring and the rash of self-immolations that it brought. She points out that while self-immolation is known culturally
When I wrote my post on Kashmiri Pandits, a friend responded privately with a nugget of political insight – before the ethnic cleansing, Kashmiri Pandits did favor independence over merger
Some thoughts on Pakistan and Independent Kashmir Read More »