Category Archives: Commentary

Laxmananda Saraswati is not Graham Staines

August 24, 2008 – 2:57 pm

What is more shocking than the news that the anti-conversion Swami Laxmananda Saraswati was murdered in cold blood? It is the fact that he was eighty years old.
Swami Laxmananda Saraswati, the 80-year-old monk who spearheaded the anti-conversion movement in Orissa’s tribal dominated areas for decades, was shot dead at his Jalespata Ashram under Tumudibandha block [...]

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From Sardar to Shivraj

August 24, 2008 – 12:02 am

This post is just one of the reasons why Nitin is a blogger par excellence.
Let there be no mistake—Shivraj Patil is an unmitigated disaster. The worst part is that he is just one of a constellation of individuals in the UPA government who will vie for the infamous position of having done the worst damage [...]

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Shabana Azmi Bites More than she could Chew

August 22, 2008 – 10:46 am

It has frequently been written that the incestuous world of Mumbai films forgets its differences and presents a united front when one of their own is threatened. Remember Salman Khan’s numerous brushes with the law? Sanjay Dutt?
In a rare, and really welcome departure from the norm, here’s some heartening news. Reproduced in full.

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In Which Amit Varma Joins the Hall of Shame

August 21, 2008 – 12:44 pm

Chop Kashmir off India so that I can party in Bombay seems to be Amit Varma’s mantra. Varma’s hypothetical equation of India=British Empire or whatever is a mere diversionary couch to rest his laziness to learn, if not in depth, at least the outlines of the Kashmir problem. That in itself is not a huge [...]

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Non-Resident Mischief Mongers

August 20, 2008 – 1:21 pm

What’s common between the following names apart from the fact that they are all Indians settled abroad and have fancy degrees next to their names?
Dr. Angana Chatterji, Dr. Shubh Mathur, Dr. Srimati Basu, Dr. Purnima Bose, Dr. Amitava Kumar, Dr. Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Dr. Richa Nagar, Dr. Vijaya Nagarajan, Dr. Mridu Rai, Dr. Sabina Sawhney, Dr. [...]

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Verbal Terrorist Calls for Open Secession

August 19, 2008 – 6:21 am

What’s the difference between the "separatists" (who recently threatened to march into Muzzafarbad) and the Verbal Terrorist? Clearly, none. Especially after this earsplitting call.
Roy concluded with words, “India needs azadi from Kashmir as much as Kashmir needs azadi from India.”

Does this shock you? It shouldn’t. For once and for all, the Verbal Terrorist has taken [...]

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Spare the Comics, Dammit!

August 19, 2008 – 1:52 am

It takes tremendous amounts of grotesque perversity to detect ulterior, sinister motives behind producing children’s comics. That’s perhaps why it takes only a Tehelka to do the job. Their target is the Amar Chitra Katha series of comics that educated millions of children mostly about India’s history and mythology. ACK is a case study of [...]

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The Devil and the Actor

August 17, 2008 – 1:55 pm

It’s the season of Minority drum-beating again. If you are a conspiracy theorist, you will link Shabana Azmi’s interview with Karan Thapar to the recent happenings in Jammu and Kashmir, given the timing of the interview. She is one of the darlings of the secular establishment for very eclectic reasons. More on this point later. [...]

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Revenge of the Turd

August 15, 2008 – 11:43 pm

Turdesai employs Sagarika Ghose to wreak vengeance against the BJP for railing first, against his open unscrupulousness and then, boycotting his channel. It truly makes for ridiculous reading.
Yet, with such a strong tailwind of middle class approval, on such an important mission of creating the democratic opposition to the Congress, what was the public image [...]

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UPA’s Report Card

August 14, 2008 – 1:18 pm

Is it too early to give a report card on the performance of the UPA non-government for its entire term? I’m not talking about the secularly-certified report cards and approval ratings that the media gives year after year to the UPA. It’s the report card of two broad categories of people. The aam aadmi and [...]

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