Month: February 2013
Narendra Modi’s Fitting Reply on Imported Leaders and Imported Laws
Even a cursory look at the main stream media gives me the impression that Narendra Modi is the cause of immense heartburn among journalists and commentators. These worthies kowtow, scrape and bow, spinelessly genuflect and grovel in the presence of… Read More ›
Kanchan Gupta on “Narendra Modi’s Gujarat Model”
In a hard-hitting piece on NitiCentral.com, Kanchan Gupta responds to a hatchet job that someone called Lyla Bavadam did for Frontline, a sister publication of the misnamed “The Hindu” newspaper.
Sandeep Takes Rohit Pradhan to the Dhobi Ghat
Must be Spring cleaning time. Because people are being taken to the cleaners. Yesterday I reported that Media Crooks gave an ex-judge of the supreme court of India (how do they select these fellows, I wonder) a dhulai and today… Read More ›
MediaCrooks: Spuriousity Killed the Katju
If you have not been reading Media Crooks, you have been missing one of the sanest, most incisive commentator on Indian current affairs you could ever find anywhere — mainstream media, social media, off-line, online, wherever. I am an unabashed… Read More ›
The Right to be Free & the Duty to Take the Consequences
Mahmood Madani, the general secretary of some Islamic outfit called Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind is reported to have told a private TV channel that some Muslims have voted for Narendra Modi and the BJP in the recent Gujarat state elections. Madani is… Read More ›
On Ideas & Ideologies
I mainly criticize ideas and ideologies because ideas fundamentally affect human welfare. Most of the time my focus is on ideologies and not people. That distinction is worth keeping in mind. If ever someone misconstrues my criticism of an ideology… Read More ›
Saraswati Puja, Kamadeva Puja & Basant Panchami Greetings
Today is Basant Panchami. It is the day for Saraswati Puja and also Kamadeva Puja. Kamadeva is also known as “Atanu” — one without a body. The Saraswati vandana goes thus:
It’s Easy to Be Right
Here are a few items that caught my eye. One is an article in the Financial Express by the economist and labor peer Meghnad Desai. The other is a blog post by the incomparable @MediaCrooks.
Paid Media Picking Up the Puppy’s Droppings
A recent tweet of mine & the associated picture. HT @shivsBHARAT
