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Media Watch Archive
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How Narendra Modi Spoiled Media Prime Time Party
Posted on September 1, 2012 | 51 CommentsThere used to be a time not too long ago when the most charitable thing that the media said about Modi went something like this: “Narendra Modi is no stranger to controversy.” The story of how that narrative changed after the courts exonerated him in... -
Is Religious Loyalty Greater than Patriotism?
Posted on August 21, 2012 | 39 CommentsNote: This is a translation of Pratap Simha’s column titled, Deshapremakkinta doddade dharmaprema? which appeared in Kannada Prabha on August 18, 2012. The picture used in this piece is taken from the original. Comments and criticism are welcome as always. August 8, in the Indian... -
A Midnight That Turned Into a Nightmare
Posted on August 15, 2012 | 36 CommentsYet another annual August 15th where we celebrate yet another progressive step towards realizing Nehru’s tryst with tyranny. The nation calls it Independence Day but nobody asks, Independence from what? From British tyranny? To which I question in turn: do you prefer home-grown tyranny over... -
Soft Jihad in Assam was Waiting to Happen : Part 1
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 139 CommentsPreface Let’s call things by their proper name. What is continuing to unfold in Assam is soft Jihad. It isn’t an ethnic strife, much less a riot. It is soft Jihad not in terms of the scale or intensity of violence but because it is... -
The Congress Method of Blocking Modi
Posted on July 24, 2012 | 90 CommentsNote: This is the translation of Pratap Simha’s piece entitled Narendra Modi Haniyalu Congress Hidida Daari Yenthaaddu? that appeared in Kannada Prabha on 21 July, 2012. Translation is entirely mine and has the author’s approval. You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted... -
In Which Salil Disrobes Several Draupadis
Posted on July 19, 2012 | 63 CommentsI know, I know. The title of this post will only rile up Salil Tripathi further because he’s big on things like “tone,” and “civility,” which he cites are the reasons he doesn’t engage with me. Isn’t that a jolly way to wriggle out of... -
My Oped on One India: Justice Delivered
Posted on July 19, 2012 | 3 CommentsMy oped entitled Justice Delivered on the Best Bakery judgment was published in One India today. Comments and criticism welcome as always. The Bombay High Court’s verdict on the Best Bakery case delivered on 9 July is in many ways a landmark judgment. The hearing,... -
It’s all about Winning Elections
Posted on July 10, 2012 | 16 CommentsIntroduction Jagadish Shettar is all set to take oath as the 27th Chief Minister of Karnataka. The incumbent, Sadananda Gowda has already submitted his resignation to the BJP party president. That makes it three Chief Ministers in four years to rule Karnataka. That this is... -
Why Doesn’t the Hindu Talk about the Demographic Siege
Posted on July 9, 2012 | 55 CommentsIn a highly communally-charged article, the Hindu reports on a supposed “housing apartheid” that seems to exist in Delhi. Although the piece is focussed on Delhi, one can’t help feeling that the content of the piece can be extrapolated to other Indian cities and reach... -
The Will of the People Always Triumphs
Posted on July 5, 2012 | 38 CommentsStarting about two months ago, the spate of attacks in the media and elsewhere on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been relentless. Narendra Modi is no stranger to having all sorts of abuses, denunciation, and innuendo heaped upon him—for about a decade, he’s faced... -
They Came, They Saw, They Flopped
Posted on June 14, 2012 | 23 CommentsA Kannada proverb goes thus: It takes a year for the potter but a fraction of a second for the stick. For the last 60 odd years, the Congress party both at the Centre and in various states has done just that: clobbered the nation... -
In Which the Racist Psychoanalyst Needs Treatment –Part 2
Posted on June 4, 2012 | 156 CommentsAshis Nandy lives in and endorses a world where an open call for murder is termed as a diplomatic communication and an expression of grievance becomes an act of extremism. But that isn’t all. Anything that Hindus do to assert their self-respect, to hold their...