Category Archives: Politics

Feeding the wrong dog will kill off Twitter

Feeding abusive trolls instead of encouraging healthy debate will ultimately kill twitter Continue reading

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Aim before you shoot

A military operation has tactical and strategic aims. What were the strategic aim of the strikes under UPA? Continue reading

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Another Wednesday

On A Wednesday, a common man took on terrorists on celluloid. On another, the Indian Army took on many more in real life. Continue reading

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Jaane Mat Do Yaaron

Time for media to cast aside a few black sheep who are giving the whole profession a bad name Continue reading

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Beyond the headlines

In today’s milieu of crisp sound-bites, newsbreak a minute and short attention spans, the struggle to capture eyeballs and mind space of readers and viewers has become fiercely competitive. We, as consumers of news have become increasingly laid back and … Continue reading

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The Nehru Row

A spate of articles extolling the virtues of Nehru and castigatingng those criticizing him have appeared in the past few days. On the other hand, social media is flooded with posts deriding him and trashing his legacy. My take on … Continue reading

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Who’s Tweeting What – Modi Vs Kejriwal

Having followed both @narendramodi and @arvindkejriwal on twitter for a while, I noticed a distinct pattern to the way they each tweet. To confirm my impressions, I did a detailed analysis of their tweets over a period of the past … Continue reading

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Citizen Soldiers

This post is a result of the 140 word tyranny of Twitter which, while well suited for one-liners and retorts, handicaps expressing of a complex idea coherently. I was trying to refute a view that serving soldiers of the armed … Continue reading

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Danda Democracy

I always regret not having studied Political Science, having been schooled in a day and age when it was sacrilege to even think of anything except PCM (Physics Chemistry Math) if you were a boy and PCB (Physics Chemistry Biology) … Continue reading

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OROP – Constitutionally Speaking (A guest post by Akshat Agarwal)

Guest post by Akshat Agarwal, a budding lawyer In light of the recent controversy over the issue of One Rank One Pension (OROP), it may be pertinent to turn for guidance to the supreme law of the land, the Constitution … Continue reading

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