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National Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress party. Co-author, The Superstar Syndrome.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why is India’s super-rich 1% upset with giving the poorest 20% some NYAY?
Distinguished members of India Inc. are flustered by NYAY because they feel the scheme is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Given India's backdrop of crony capitalism, NPAs et al, this is richly ironic. And utterly unfeeling.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Lok Sabha 2019: Why India intrinsically votes for coalitions
Majority governments have been the exception, not the norm in India. There are multiple reasons to explain why the Indian voter likes it this way.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Pulwama and the Prime-Time Prime Minister
The mood after Pulwama should have been measured and sober. Instead, the BJP, led by PM Modi, has thrown mature civility to the winds and indulged in hyper-nationalistic chest-thumping. All this, while ignoring very real issues.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Amol Palekar is only a symptom. The malaise of fascist thought-control is now deep within us
Veteran actor Amol Palekar's speech at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) was cut short for being critical, even if mildly, of the government. This was not the first instance of the suppression of free speech under the Modi sarkaar.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Rahul Gandhi's minimum income guarantee scheme has given Congress a head-start in setting India's economic agenda
MIG is good economics. And sustainable. It is also extremely timely after the Modi administration under which farmers, youth and the poor, all have faced deep distress.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Stop bullying Naseeruddin Shah for speaking the truth. Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro!
The veteran actor has simply echoed the suppressed sentiments of millions of people, not just the Muslim minority community. But we live in such a time of fear and loathing that his words have only caused more offence.
ART & CULTURE
| 5-minute read
Why Shah Rukh Khan and 'Zero' are fitting metaphors for our India
Despite being among the world’s fastest growing economies, India is making headlines for cow vigilantism and mob lynchings. Perhaps, as SRK suggests, perfection is elusive.
VOICES
| 4-minute read
Politics was never about courtesy, but what’s happening since 2014 is new: Here's what changed
Political culture is a by-product of leadership.
VOICES
| 6-minute read
If demonetisation wasn't a failure, why isn't PM Modi celebrating its 'grand' 2nd anniversary?
Unfortunately, numbers don’t lie. That is why the Prime Minister is conspicuously missing.
VOICES
| 5-minute read