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 government. India. It was May, 26th 2014. There was a coronation in front of an historic building to an undisputed emperor of the purportedly new …
The Aam Aadmi Party supporters have released several videos related with Somnath Bharti’s raid on drug trafficking and prostitution in Khirki Extension. The videos make several points. Nigerians and other Africans engage in anti-social and/or illegal behavior publicly that is creating public nuisance Two videos uploaded by Ankit Lal show a black man running naked …
Aam Aadmi Party version of Khirki Extension incident Read More »
The story, as many media superhits are, is polarized. On one hand, you have residents of the area, the Aam Aadmi Party and Somnath Bharti who see nothing wrong in the raid. On the other, you have the police, Central government and media seeing the raid as “taking law into own hands” by the law …
Trying to find nuance in the Khirki Extension raid Read More »
There is a sudden apprehension that the rising star of India’s politics, the Aam Aadmi Party may be faltering. In my view, this is not true. It is correct that there are worrisome developments, like for example, Somnath Bharti’s impromptu raid on a local drug and prostitution den. This is compounded by the deliberate rosy …
It is clear that among the things done wrongly in the Tehelka scandal, some are obvious (like DO NOT RAPE), others have been discussed (Like DO NOT COVER UP A RAPE) and still more resulted from
The 2013 drug trade related murder of Nigerian national Obada Uzoma Simeon in Goa triggered a wave of racist hate crimes against Nigerians across Goa. Omkar Palyekar, the chief suspect in the murder and assault…