Republic of Spin
Spin — the massaging of facts to make them palatable or, as someone once put it, “the artistic…
Scratchpad: April 9 edition
FLASHBACK to Adityanath’s recent speech wherein he spoke of Modiji ki sena, directly contravening an Election Commission directive…
Scratch pad, Sunday April 7 edition
THE Election Commission of India is an autonomous constitutional authority responsible for administering state and national elections. It…
Meanwhile, our brave jawans in Siachen…
A news report: A retired officer of the Indian Air Force, Wing Commander C K Sharma — a…
Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed…
Just the other day, FirstPost carried an extended piece on the World Culture Festival being organised by the…
“A choice wrapped in the flag is no choice”
Sandip Roy on the tendency of some to drag the army into the ongoing debate on nationalism, patriotism,…
Armies and the Man
The army is increasingly coopted into a BJP-led bait and switch. The ploy is simple, and effective: tack…
“Don’t drag the army into this dirty game”
It’s become a thing, of late, for the self-proclaimed nationalists to claim the army as additional fig leaf.…
