We've never seen such an escalation of bad language as in recent times
The free bandying around of insulting language, not just by trolls but also by leaders has become a virtual epidemic. Cockroach, presstitute, Dimagi Naxal-these were not phrases used by small time par...
2 Loka 36min
Indian states are welcoming massive data centres with incentives but what do the people get out of it?
There is competition among Indian states to welcome multi-billion dollar data centres with subsidies, tax holidays and electricity grid and water priorities. But does this translate into jobs, or some...
25 Syys 32min
An India-Pakistan cricket match today is like fisticuffs rather than a game
Recently Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar were among those who signed a letter along with 18 other captains to the Pakistani prime minister, appealing for more humane treatment to Imran ...
11 Syys 45min
There is Fear in the BJP and RSS and They Don’t Know How to Manage the Situation
After the Jantar Mantar protests, Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tried to reach out to Gen Z. But these have not been successful because “Gen Z knows that the RSS is part of the problem,” s...
21 Elo 40min
Doing away with Article 370 Has Hurt India’s Secular Foundation
Seven years ago Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was read down and done away with and the region was converted to two Union Territory-J & K and Ladakh. The BJP had then said that this would fully inte...
14 Elo 41min
The Cockroaches’ Protest Has Been one of the Most Positive Developments in India for Some Time.
“The youth movement consisted of many who were supporters of this government and that is significant”, says Tariq Ali, the icon of protest movements in the 1960s and after.“This is not a movement orch...
5 Elo 1h 5min
If Satluj had been shown in the theatres two years ago, it would have come and gone without controversy
The sudden takedown of the film Satluj from an OTT platform within 48 hours of release sparked a lot of discussion. The film was made four years ago and the censors had asked for 127 cuts which the di...
31 Heinä 46min
