The Judas Kiss
On Modi, and why it is necessary to pay attention to the language we use
The dog and pony show
On the forgotten soldiers of Kashmir and why patriotism is the last refuge of the demagogue.
Modi launches white elephant
On Modi, schemes, and disguised party propaganda
Anatomy of a pogrom
They say the toll thus far is 13 24, as of 6.30 PM this evening. They whisper that…
Cry me a river
In a previous post I wrote of Hitler, of fascism, of the means to the murderous end that…
Republic of Spin
“The Titanic had an iceberg problem. It did not have a communications problem.” I was reminded of that…
Scratchpad: April 12 edition
Round one of voting, covering 91 Lok Sabha seats, is over. Last evening, TV channels struggled, on prime…
Scratchpad: April 9 edition
FLASHBACK to Adityanath’s recent speech wherein he spoke of Modiji ki sena, directly contravening an Election Commission directive…
News, views: April 8 edition
Kalpana Sharma, readers’ editor of Scroll.in, asks the media to go beyond the usual ‘Who will you vote…
…and the clocks were striking thirteen.
There are times when I suspect that more people cite Orwell than have actually read Orwell. (One of…
