Guest Post: Sex, porn, and the Indian Politician
This post is authored by my Twitter friend valhalla_ in response to the media-created “porngate” in the Gujarat assembly. "An intellectual is a person who’s found one thing that’s more interesting than...
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Sorry Can’t Make a Dead Man Alive
A timeless line from Dr. S.L Bhyrappa’s multi-layered and philosophical novel Saakshi (Witness) reads as follows: There is no greater arrogance than the arrogance wrought by a sense of...
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The Wages of Teesta’s Sins
So the Narendra Modi baiter extraordinaire has been suitably rewarded. Social activists Teesta Setalvad and Shabnam Hashmi have been ‘rewarded’ by the UPA-II Government for what seems like their...
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Why Doesn’t the Hindu Talk about the Demographic Siege
In a highly communally-charged article, the Hindu reports on a supposed “housing apartheid” that seems to exist in Delhi. Although the piece is focussed on Delhi, one can’t help feeling that the...
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It’s all about Winning Elections
Introduction Jagadish Shettar is all set to take oath as the 27th Chief Minister of Karnataka. The incumbent, Sadananda Gowda has already submitted his resignation to the BJP party president. That...
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How Narendra Modi Spoiled Media Prime Time Party
There used to be a time not too long ago when the most charitable thing that the media said about Modi went something like this: “Narendra Modi is no stranger to controversy.” The story of how that...
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Most Loathsome People of India: 2012
And so it’s time to publish this blog’s only recurring feature. The list of the Most Loathsome Indians of 2012 is short this time simply because loathsomeness has become a way of life. Some usual...
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The Enduring Relevance of Koenraad Elst
Disclaimer: This piece is going to piss off a lot of people. I mean no offence but if you do take offence, I consider it a deed well done. One of the defining sentences in the various analyses of...
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Vacuous Media Sleazeballs Moralize Against Mohan Bhagwat
My dictum that the Indian English media is a whore with none of the ethics of a whore has been proven correct again. And so the latest proof of its venal whoredom happens to be a barefaced lie, a...
View ArticleAfter 11 Years, Nothing has Changed Indeed
Consider these headlines: Mob attacks Gujarat train, toll 57 (Times of India) godhra: in a ghastly incident, at least 57 persons were burnt alive and many injured when the ahmedabad-bound sabarmati...
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