Category: Politics
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Operation Sindoor – and the discourse around it.
Three weeks have passed since the “pause” of Operation Sindoor. Perhaps, the right time to objectively evaluate its outcome and the surrounding narrative. In just 72 hours, the protectors of 72 Hoor aspirants were forced to kneel and plead for a ceasefire. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reportedly told the Trump administration that India had…
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Portraying ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hinduism’ in a puerile and perverted manner, is deeply rooted in the psyche of the Indian National Congress.
During a stormy monsoon session in the Parliament, when the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi rose to speak, he held up a placard with the image of Lord Shiva saying that the opposition took refuge in the Hindu deity when it was under attack. Amidst the commotion, and after citing Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism,…
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Impact Analysis: 2024 Indian Parliamentary Elections Verdict
The business end of the 2024 General Elections is over. 486 (90%) parliamentary constituencies have already voted. 28 states have fully completed their voting process. Before Himachal, Punjab, Chandigarh and the remaining seats of Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Orissa, and Uttar Pradesh go for the final phase (57 seats), India has already given the verdict of…
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Vishvanath Pratap Singh – The Prime Divider
Late Vishvanath Pratap Singh was a humongous disaster as Prime Minister. No one damaged India’s social fabric as much as VP Singh in his 11-month short tenure, spread the caste poison and pushed India a few decades back. VP Singh’s tenure as PM was a bundle of contradictions, the intent was not there, and deceit…
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Narendra Modi’s astute sense of timing on the Women’s Reservation Bill puts the Congress led I.N.D.I Alliance in the doc.
The claims of Congress Party about it being the prime mover of the Women’s Reservation Bill, is a plain lie… and this desperation only shows that they are rattled with the timing of the Bill. The Union Cabinet on Monday cleared the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (the Women’s Reservation Bill or W.R.B.) in a critical…
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The mainstream media’s radio silence over verdicts of Maliana Massacre and Naroda Gam Killings tells us that the art of building communal narrative for electoral incentives, lies in peddling falsehood, with utter shamelessness.
In last month, two significant verdicts related to major communal riots were pronounced. 1. March 31: The Meerut Court acquitted 40 people accused of arson, murder and rioting in the 36-year-old Maliana (UP) communal clash case for lack of evidence. 2. April 20: A special court in Ahmedabad acquitted all 68 accused in the Naroda…
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Gujrat and Himachal Assembly Elections – are there any surprises locked in the EVM?
As I write this piece the polling for the second and last phase of Gujrat election is taking place. While Gujrat polled for the first phase on 1st December, polling for Himachal Pradesh was already over three weeks back. Let’s have a quick view if there are any surprises locked in the EVM. First, Gujrat:…
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The call for #CongressMuktBharat could have been given by Narendra Modi, but who took it to heart? – The Charismatic Rahul (coming of age) Gandhi.
Dust finally settles on all the five states elections with terrible Congress beating in all five. The fraudsters masquerading as intellectuals are done with weaving fake narratives. One more time they have been check mated by the sheer brilliance of their beloved leader. The call for ‘Congress-Mukt-Bharat’ could have been given by Narendra Modi, but…
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Russia-Ukraine crisis and India’s position.
India’s partnership with the U.S. in Indo-pacific and with Russia on the continent is a delicate balancing act that will continue to co-exist, and India will have to walk a tightrope between these geopolitical realities.
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Will Yogi Adityanath successfully break the UP jinx?
There is again a realm of possibility that the BJP may again get nearly three-fourths of the total seats approaching a triple century.
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