The ‘patriotism’ red herring
(One of the issues that I intend to touch on in my ongoing series on the state of…
From the dept of hahahaha
Tomorrow, HRD Minister Smriti Irani will release the results of a government survey on top universities. The survey…
TIL: No criticising the government in Urdu
A news report worth your notice: The National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), which operates under…
Breach of privilege
Mohammed Salim of the CPM has moved for breach of privilege against HRD Minister Smriti Irani. “Using the…
Three videos doctored: forensics
Forensic examination has revealed that three out of the seven video clips of the alleged ‘anti-national’ sloganeering in…
Forward planning
Remember this post from yesterday, about Ms Smriti Irani’s display of strength and resolution against AMU VC Lt…
Smriti Irani does not interfere
In 2008 my then colleague in Rediff Syed Firdaus Ashraf and I traveled across parts of Kerala, to…
Ms Irani — wrong, again
Today it seems that politics makes strange bedfellows. Sugata Bose delivered a speech, that was academically very good.…
What “interference”?
In course of her much-lauded speech, Smriti Irani challenged the opposition to prove their allegation of Hindutva interference…
A death foretold
Radhika Vemula is bitter about the conduct of the Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile and the university authorities: “The…
