While investors have given a thumbs-down to the deals as they would add to the PSUs’ loan burden, they will likely help the heavily-indebted Adani group secure bank loans and make future investments. Over the last year, state-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Gail India have decided to pick up stakes in Adani group-promoted LNG terminals […]
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IN THE NAME OF CASTE
Caste narratives expose inner fault-lines in our hierarchical society and can easily spark off controversy. Last week, when Jai Ram Thakur was selected as the BJP’s Himachal Pradesh chief ministerial candidate, I tweeted about how nine of the eleven BJP chief ministers (excluding the north-east) now belong to upper castes. Predictably, the tweet raised an […]
A PRAYER FOR INDIA IN 2018
With apologies to the great poet-laureate, Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a prayer for my country in 2018. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high. Where every citizen is blessed with equal rights and opportunities, not an India which is divided and discriminates on religion, region, caste, class, gender and income. Where […]
Salman Nizami’s open letter: ‘Dear PM, today, you have succeeded in ‘killing’ a Kashmiri nationalist’
Salman Nizami writes, “So thank you for announcing to the world you (PM Modi) and your ship are sinking in Gujarat. Thank you also for telling that you are so afraid of Rahul Gandhi, that you do not dare to dare him anymore”. I’m a proud Indian, but, truth be told, I’m yet not […]
Meghalaya CM Slams RSS Chief’s ‘Indians Are Hindus’ Remark
Slamming RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remark that “anybody living in India is a Hindu”, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday said “India is a secular, democratic country and secularism is part of our constitution”. “Their agenda is only to divide the Indian people on lines of religion and create communal tension. His statement (made […]
Narendra Modi at the end of 2017 is still India’s neta no. 1 but his invincibility’s been dented
Three years ago in 2014, Narendra Modi was the technicolour TV spectacle, evoking awe. He was Hindu Hriday Samrat and Development Man rolled into one. He spearheaded an electoral blitzkrieg that flattened his opponents, stunned onlookers and gave birth to thousands of bhakts. The Modi fan club easily rivalled the adoring cults surrounding superstars Rajnikant […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi Interview with National Herald
Congress President Rahul Gandhi talk about his vision for the country and the Congress Party in his first interview as Congress President. #RahulGandhiNHInterview
Gujarat election results: No better time for Congress to reanalyse policies, politics | Manish Tewari
The results of the Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat elections are not a shocker to say the least. Himachal Pradesh has stuck to the cyclical trend of the Congress and the BJP sequentially rotating in and out of government since 1990. In Gujarat the Congress has certainly delivered its best-ever performance since 1990. There cannot be […]
BJP has not won but lost UP civic polls, shows EC data
If we set aside the seats on which voting was done through EVMs, BJP’s victory is limited to only 12-17 per cent. The independent and opposition candidates have given them stiff competition BJP has won the Uttar Pradesh civic polls by a thumping majority. Is it true? No, absolutely not. This is a lie which […]
BATTLE FOR GUJARAT: BJP IS WINNING ELECTION, LOSING NARRATIVE
It may be coincidental, but it is perhaps only appropriate that the Gujarat elections are being held in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition. The BJP, after all, hasn’t lost a single election in Gujarat over this period and the rath yatra, which led to the Babri Masjid’s destruction, rolled […]