The Return of Amit Shah
What does the ‘return’ of Amit Shah to the Covid fight centre stage indicate? Can the home minister re-invent his persona for Covid times? Or will politics remain as...
A tale of two wars
A tale of TWO WARS: one being fought on the frontline by our brave soldiers, the other on Twitter and in TV studios by our noisy politicians, one commands...
Ladakh “Modi’s wake up call from China”
When a column becomes a video blog.. why China is a reality check for the Modi brand of ‘personality centric’ diplomacy
Enter the Dragon: Ladakh Exposes Limits of Modi’s China Outreach
Of the many ‘achievements’ of prime minister Narendra Modi that his supporters like to routinely flaunt, this is a statistical record that may haunt the Modi army of bhakts...
Covid-19: Where a new India is born
Since a prolonged lockdown offers an opportunity for the creative juices to flow, allow me a little bit of poetic licence this week to adapt the famous poem of...
Dark side of Gujarat Model
The much-trumpeted ‘Gujarat model’ is in a mess in corona times. Consider the following: Not only does Gujarat have amongst the highest number of corona virus cases in the...
The Babus Have Taken Over Corona Fight
The classic BBC television sitcom, Yes Minister, superbly captures the intriguing relationship between politician and bureaucrat. In one memorable sequence, Sir Humphrey Appleby, tells his minister James Hacker, “You...
No Islamophobia Please in Corona Times
“Hey, news television seems to have finally broken out of the Hindu-Muslim mindset!” I exulted to a colleague soon after the lockdown was announced last month. As news channels...