WTFJH: The October 14 weekend edition
#1. It takes just one news story to meet, and exceed, the weekend’s whatthefuckery quotient: Over two years…
WTF Just Happened: September 22 edition
Subramanian Swamy plays canary in the coal-mine in a recent interview, where he said that the economy was…
What The Fuck Just Happened?: 21/09 edition
I was supposed to be in Kerala this week — partly for personal reasons, partly to meet with…
Tracking hate
An important, and increasingly ignored, part of the journalistic process is connect-the-dots. Two connected developments of recent times came…
The fault, dear Brutus…
Music composer AR Rahman was asked for his comments on the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Three things…
Here be Dementors
Dementors are among the foulest creatures that walk this earth. They infest the darkest, filthiest places, and they…
Tip Sheet: Facts don’t justify violence
It’s a ‘liberal’ thing to argue ourselves into a corner. And to not get that in life, there…
Due process: the sequel
In Madhya Pradesh, two young men were jailed for “hurting the sentiments of the Hindus” — to wit,…
“Off with his head”
The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small. ‘Off with his head!’ she…
Arrested over a rumour
Remember this news story I had linked to earlier in the day?: Meanwhile, a tried and tested pattern…
