As voting has commenced to elect the representatives for the 18th Lok Sabha, it is the right time to discuss and compare the manifesto presented by the two main parties — the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress. While the BJP has continued with its ‘Viksit Bharat’ push…
Who is India’s biggest ‘enemy’? Well, I know most of you would answer Pakistan or its iron brother China. But, if you have been following geopolitical developments lately, the newest entrant on the list is Maldives. Yes, a country which is one-tenth of the size of Goa and is not…
How India pulled off diplomatic triumph with Qatar
February 25, 2024
Image source: Satyaagrah The Narendra Modi-led government is known for having one of the most robust foreign policies in India’s history. Another feather was added to its cap when India pulled off something that seemed impossible. Eight Indian Navy personnel, who were detained and sentenced to death by Qatari…
India’s neighbouring country, Pakistan went to polls on February 8. Although, the elections in Pakistan hold not much relevance as the public is deemed to elect the leader ‘selected’ by the “establishment” which actually refers to the military. But, this time, the Pakistani ‘awaam’ had other plans. Imran Khan, a…
The Narendra Modi government presented the last budget of its second term on February 1. The sixth budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was one of the most bland and ‘dull’ budgets in a long long time. It also being Sitharaman’s shortest (58 minutes) further underscores this point. It…
Why I found most criticism of ANIMAL movie 'unwarranted'
February 5, 2024
‘Animal’ has been perhaps the most “polarising” movie to have been released in a long time. While the movie turned out to be a humongous hit raking in close to 500 crores at the domestic box office, the criticism and very livid criticism kept happening simultaneously. I had not witnessed…
What consecration of Ayodhya Ram Mandir means in New India
February 1, 2024
January 22, 2024, will go down as a historic date in Indian history. On this day, the grand Ram Mandir was inaugurated at the “controversial” site in Ayodhya. What made the occasion even bigger, was some prominent names from India’s ruling BJP and its ideological father RSS, led by Prime…
Narges Mohammadi and her fight against Islamist tyranny
January 14, 2024
Miles away in Tehran, she craves her children, whom she hasn’t seen for the last 8 years, as she continues to suffer ‘White Torture’ (intense psychological torture) inside the ‘notorious’ Evin Prison in Tehran. All this is for raising the cause of women’s rights in Iran and fighting against the…
October 17, was a day of huge disappointment for the queer couples in India who had knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court pleading for the right to marry their loved ones, just like any other ‘normal’ citizen in the country. The petitioners and a significant proportion of citizens…
On December 11, India’s top court gave a historic verdict upholding the BJP government’s decision to abrogate Article 370. It was not a regular judgement, as the ruling of the five-judge bench, included some extremely important observations and remarks which will be echoed and used in the legal and political…
