BJP making ad hominem accusations is hardly a new thing. Anyone who opposes BJP is subject to vile and unsubstantiated accusations. Unsubstantiated, to non-BJP people, but perhaps in the eye of BJP, they are true when they evaluate people according to what they know as “truth”. When you show someone a scalpel, a barber may …
While there is no denying that in a country like India, there is a need for identification that people can create easily and use nationwide, the Aadhaar card project goes way beyond that, and in the process, messes up the basics as well. There are several problems I have with the Aadhaar card. Chief among …
10 big problems with the Aadhaar UID card project Read More »
One should never underestimate the power of denial. Modi suporters are comparing Gujarat with Maharashtra (unbeaten champ of farmer suicides) and claiming that Gujarat does not have a problem. Wait a minute. Not so fast. Being better than the worst is hardly leader material. If it were a classroom (compulsive associations from ranking – left …
Farmer distress in Gujarat. Farmer suicides and more. Read More »
Nandan Nilekeni, who is contesting from Bangalore, declared assets worth 7,700 crore rupees, making him the richest politician in India – at least officially, on paper. In his interview to NDTV, he described his rags to riches story and described some of his achievements including “My real wealth is however my experience as cofounder of …
When you speak truth to power, you inspire others to stand by you. When you fabricate lies and engineer perceptions for profit, they come back to bite you. It began with an innocent reply of a gullible Modi supporter who thought to assert Modi’s honor with a claim that is popularly doing the rounds. That …
One tweet that stripped Narendra Modi’s fluff factory naked Read More »
Just two days ago, we were laughing our heads off at “wget” jokes because the prosecutor in Bradley Manning’s trial asked him about using the Linux command “wget” as though it were a dangerous hacking tool, when in reality it is a fairly routine command used to get files. To a world ignorant about what …
Fact checking Rahul Kanwal’s accusations about Somnath Bharti Read More »
Aam Aadmi Party seems to be collecting all sorts of people you’d respect but not expect to see in politics. A fascinating mix of the best of the aam aadmi seems to be waiting to shine their influence on governance of a country they have done proud in other ways and people who have suffered …
Indians mistreating domestic workers is nothing new. We casually raise our eyebrows at domestic workers raped, killed and tortured. Such news coming from politician’s homes may be an opportunity for ridiculing the party, but it isn’t going to see anyone protesting on the streets. Nor is anyone going to stop voting for a politician just …
