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![This woman is the worst thing ever to happen to the Office of the President of India. Worse even than that deceased dynasty-server who pompously declared that “If my leader [Indira Gandhi] had said I should pick up a broom and be a sweeper, I...](http://www.sandeepweb.com/wp-content/uploads/pratibha.jpg "Shame on You Madam!")
Shame on You Madam!
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 86 CommentsThis woman is the worst thing ever to happen to the Office of the President of India. Worse even than that deceased dynasty-server who pompously declared that “If my leader [Indira Gandhi] had said I should pick up a broom and be a sweeper, I... -
Guest Post: Sex, porn, and the Indian Politician
Posted on March 22, 2012 | 44 CommentsThis post is authored by my Twitter friend valhalla_ in response to the media-created “porngate” in the Gujarat assembly. "An intellectual is a person who’s found one thing that’s more interesting than sex." ~ Aldous Huxley Everybody is not a Narendra Modi who treads the... -
New Pioneer Oped: For the Congress, what Matters Most is Symbolism
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 9 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always. By deftly using state power to promote the party’s first family, the Congress has created a unique political ecosystem. The media has collaborated. The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election has seen the media... -
Festival of the Politically Correct Sissies: Part 2
Posted on January 26, 2012 | 303 CommentsPick a name. Pick any name from the loathsome galaxy of the Politically Correct Sissies that I listed in the Part 1. Let’s start with the head honcho, the White Mughal himself. Hartosh Singh Bal’s searing piece elicited the predictable accusation of racism from the... -
Festival of the Politically Correct Sissies: Part 1
Posted on January 25, 2012 | 30 CommentsThere’s nothing literary about the Jaipur Literary Festival. It’s as political as political is. The list of who’s who that make up its firmament year after year reads like the Forbes List of Liberal Fundamentalists. Perhaps Dalrymple’s List of Liberal Fundamentalists is a more accurate... -
The Madrassa on The Charles
Posted on January 4, 2012 | 47 CommentsWhen even a man like Richard Nixon called Harvard the “Kremlin on the Charles,” he probably didn’t envision in how many horrible ways that would eventually ring true. In late 2010, Harvard, instead of doing the right and honourable thing, simply went ahead and showed... -
Most Loathsome People of India: 2011
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 313 CommentsUPDATE: In hindsight, I felt I was a tad harsh on B Raman. He has been replaced with a new and much more deserving candidate for said loathsomeness. Sigh. It’s that time of the year—the only time of every year where I make a list.... -
Return of the Academic Mullahs
Posted on October 26, 2011 | 926 CommentsLet’s not pretend that the soul-crushing shrillery of the academic mullahs of Delhi—led mainly by the mini-mullahs of the history department—has anything to do with academic freedom or “curbing our freedom of thought” or “censorship of education” and such other arrant nonsense. It’s anything but... -
…And The Award Goes To…
Posted on October 20, 2011 | 31 CommentsDisclaimer: All characters appearing in this article are real. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is completely intentional. Real names of real people and real organizations have been suitably modified as occasioned by the demands of the article. Preface: B Raman loses the... -
My Oped In The Pioneer: Media Lionises a Rogue Cop
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 208 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism are welcome as always. Media lionises a rogue cop SUNDAY, 09 OCTOBER 2011 Sanjiv Bhatt, the IPS officer who has levelled sweeping and baseless allegations against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has a mile-long history... -
Modi-baiters Stand Unmasked
Posted on August 25, 2011 | 190 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always. Modi-baiters stand unmasked August 25, 2011 Sandeep B A sizeable section of the English media has been suspiciously enthusiastic about touting allegations as proof as far as the 2002 Gujarat violence is... -
Lies, Damned Lies and Meera Nanda
Posted on August 9, 2011 | 167 CommentsMy wait didn’t go in vain. I knew it the moment the world learned that the Norwegian lunatic-killer took inspiration from a vast range of literature critical of Islam, Marxists and their fellow travellers and that literature included writings that emanated from people sympathetic to...