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31 December 2019 Was this Annulus Horribilis? How do you view a year that started with the death of four dozen CRPF personnel in Pulwama and ended with the death of more than two dozen citizens in UP? How do you look at the year ending Mann Ki Baat by PM Modi as he eloquently Read more

Government has announced two major reshuffles in the form of restructuring of Railways and Defence Ministry. The Railways are clearly in need of reforms, they needed a hiving off into separate stand alone companies with Passenger, freight and infrastructure elements, and to have a regulatory body that would look into safety and accident investigations. The Read more

24 December 2019 I start with this headline as topic not because I am trying to retort to Mr Tejaswi Surya MP for his mention in the Town Hall at Bengaluru, where this reference came in context of ‘othering’ the opponents of the CAA and NRC. I am trying to piece together a journey of Read more

23 December 2019 Suddenly it appears that the plot has not been just lost, but the henchmen themselves have been left hanging out to dry! O’ not once but thrice and perhaps more, Mr Modi chose to decry the NRC. He listed the SC as the main culprit forcing his government to undertake the NRC Read more

16 December 2019 This is the age of intemperance. We saw it in the public rallies where crowds cheer-led mass politicos who are in office and without, we saw it in literary festival where a veteran and a foreign subject expert clashed in sylvan surroundings, we can see in how the riot police stepped in Read more

12 December 2019 It is actually an acerbic way to characterise any person who has changed his/her opinion after events, for one expects a rational person to become wiser after exposure to events, critically appraising them. What on the national level was evident, that only Mr Rahul Gandhi was voicing his concerns, sometimes crudely, sometimes Read more