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Goes by the name of Denise Spellberg. Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy ...
Stung bitterly, Prakash Karat has thundered that he will not support the Congress ever. Prakash Karat has discounted the possibility of the CPM supporting the Congress ...
I rarely read a professional politician's articles unless I know his/her record. Sitaram Yechury definitely is in my list of no-reads. As an ex-editor, I'm ...
Forget politics. Media watching promises to be a jolly activity. Rajdeep Sardesai's fiery journalism leads the charade. CNN-IBN seems to change colours almost every other ...
Via the Acorn, who in this excellent short-shrift to cricket-commentator-turned-pseudo Historian, Ramachandra Guha, adequately delivers the treatment the piece deserves. From the paragraph Nitin quotes, We ...
This mosque demolition strangely stirred extremely feeble protests--if you can call them that. Chinese authorities in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have demolished a ...
About three years ago, Dilip D'Souza concluded that liberalization had done little to improve India's economy. I had pointed out that his conclusion was ...
Barbar Indians' latest post carries an interesting observation The first involves the following statement by Narendra Modi: "I want to tell the government in Delhi, lets sign ...
If the intent of this idiotic article is to provoke, Indian Express has poorly chosen Seema Chisthi to do the job. It is notable for ...
The figures first. The figures show how CPM and co have performed in the recent Zilla Panchayat elections. The same thing said in boring words. The verdict ...
In a rather lengthy article, Manjeet Kriplani discusses the Naxal problem. While she correctly echoes what we all knew--that the Naxals pose the biggest threat ...
The Crown Prince, heir-apparent, and India's Prime Minister-in-waiting asks with great gravity: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi put a poser before non-government organizations (NGOs) and tribal youth ...
This shows how India gifted Nepal to China. While most in the mainstream media gloat about the victory of democracy, free and fair elections, etc ...
An article (link courtesy the Acorn) by Nandini Sundar that tries to examine the Maoist menace by drawing guidance from the Mahabharata, gets the Mahabharata ...
The old suspect, A.K. Ramanujan emerges out of the woodwork on Outlook's pages. The magazine's leader to this article says: ...in a pocket of the Delhi ...
Tibet stands tall in the list of Nehru's ugly legacies. With our Comrades calling the shots now, is this news any surprise? Indian police have arrested ...
Guns, tanks, swords, knives, and bombs are not the only weapons to carry out the People’s Revolution. The CPI-M shows what else is required. CPI-M cadres ...
Is this latest Red attack in Orissa a precursor of sorts? A day after Naxals launched massive attacks in Orissa killing 15 people, security forces are ...
This is where I wind up my previous post on Hindutva, which I had left unfinished. I pointed to a fundamental error in understanding Hindutva ...
This promises to be fun. Times of India has already begun its verbal acrobatics. Congress in Gujarat is raising its voice on the Sohrabuddin issue. But, ...
I rubbed my eyes upon reading the teaser to this article: We are quick to condemn the lunatics who wield trishuls and wear saffron. But ...
The Calcutta (not Kolkata) violence didn’t come as a surprise. Several foreboding omens of Muslim discontent had indicated what to expect. It was planned well, ...
Praful Bidwai pitches in with lots of acid against Buddhadeb and Left goons in this interesting center-page article in the Slimes. Whereas his criticism of ...
The Indian media sometimes acknowledges truth when it has no alternative. This Indian Express report of Muslims who were butchered in the Nandigram saga belongs ...
The Slimes of India’s Mask is Off
Posted by Sandeep on Monday, October 6, 2008 at 12:15 AM. 2 Comments.
This post is more an addendum to Barbar Indian's brilliant analysis of the Slimes' shocking duplicity in covering the persistent violence at Kandhamal. For more ...
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