Anatomy of a pogrom
They say the toll thus far is 13 24, as of 6.30 PM this evening. They whisper that…
Bad news
Everyone: There’s so much anger and helplessness flooding my thoughts, I worry that soon there won’t be any room…
Scratchpad: April 12 edition
Round one of voting, covering 91 Lok Sabha seats, is over. Last evening, TV channels struggled, on prime…
…and the clocks were striking thirteen.
There are times when I suspect that more people cite Orwell than have actually read Orwell. (One of…
Double, double, toil and trouble…
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 2018 is likely to be one long round of electioneering — besides the…
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…
No Muslims need apply
The clip above, from this story on recruitment of yoga teachers. When a government announces that its “policy”…
Outrage, Inc
A Scroll report: One person was killed after a mob attacked a police station and damaged vehicles in…
Smriti Irani does not interfere
In 2008 my then colleague in Rediff Syed Firdaus Ashraf and I traveled across parts of Kerala, to…
Sedition. And free speech.
Sedition charges have been filed against Rahul Gandhi, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury and others. The XI Metropolitan Magistrate…
