The SC ruling on 377 stops gays from being called criminals. But it also makes them citizens — with all the boring goodness this involves.
...Full StoryIt’s time minority leaders in the saffron party lift the veil of duplicity and double-dealing.
...Full StoryPredatory democracy is already here.
...Full StoryDemocracy is a celebration of contrasts and differences, diversity and change.
...Full StoryIt seems, to survive in the Hindutva universe, only a mother goddess is permitted.
...Full StoryThe run-up to the day has seen more action in the past two months than in the past 13 years since he first became an MP.
...Full StoryDoes 'neech' mean low character or low caste?
...Full StoryIt’s a silver spoon in the mouth versus a golden spoon in the hand.
...Full StoryHere's a ready reckoner for those who can't make sense of what the beef is about.
...Full StoryIt’s time to stop fooling yourself.
...Full StoryThe party has neither challenged Modi government nor attacked PM for being silently approving of cow vigilantes by refusing to condemn their murders.
...Full StoryRSS' Akhand Bharat plan has crumbled, giving way to glorious Coastal Republic of India.
...Full StoryIf you are against humiliation and abuse in pornography, shouldn't it be boycotted in political speeches too?
...Full StoryBut, has the Congress scion's cup of 'power is poison' runneth over with love?
...Full StoryThe PM's gamble to woo voters directly - above caste, RSS and BJP, especially in UP - with the noteban, looks to fail.
...Full StoryIt's time the Grand Old Party took to the streets.
...Full StoryWas she forced to do the photo-shoot? Was she underage, trafficked, held captive?
...Full StoryImagine #NotMyPresident-like protests in India after Modi’s win, by people who believed his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
...Full StoryIt could not have come at a better time for Gandhi that the ruling Yadav Parivar is unraveling with super speed.
...Full StoryDespite the Modi government's protestations and demur, the fracas refuses to subside.
...Full StoryIsn’t it strange the BJP is so ultra-sensitive to political banter, but impassive to the hatred and hate-mongering by its own leaders?
...Full StoryThere could not be a bigger snub to the former HRD minister, who sees her dreams for UP dashed forever.
...Full StoryThe prime minister would bond better with Republican presidential hopeful rather than 'good friend' Barack.
...Full StoryThey say a picture is worth a thousand words, but is this a spectacle of denials?
...Full StoryNot the five-day Yale degree kind.
...Full StoryThe Walt Disney movie vilifies the animal as menacing and murderous which has to be exterminated quickly.
...Full StoryIt pays to keep everyone happy.
...Full StoryThe actor's patriotism is of the bargain-basement variety.
...Full StoryLike the HRD minister, her rebuttal of Rohith Vemula's caste status has only reinforced the RSS-BJP's political obsessions and beliefs.
...Full StoryIt can start by not trivialising the tragedy as just a suicide discourse.
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