Ruchir Joshi in The Telegraph: “Where Narendra Modi and Donald Trump come together, if you like, is in their single-minded pursuit of self-aggrandizement. “Run two video clips next to each other: …
Relax.
Former major domos of the Sikkapatte Important Company of Karnataka, also known as #MurthyAngadi, continue to provide an interesting snapshot of “New India”. One of them, a self-confessed Sunday-morning toilet cleaner at …
To mark the third anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, India’s brain-dead TV channels will roll out debates and #hashtag wars tonight, barely distinguishable from government and party PR and …
The BJP-led NDA government led by Narendra Damodardas Modi completes three wondrous years in office today. Happy anniversary, bhakton! As behoves an image-conscious government that has used advertisements, slogans (and a …
Fifteen years ago I wrote my obituary—all right, the first draft of my obituary. I wrote it, not after I received an intimation of impending mortality, but after I read …
Minus the hype, the commercial success of Bahubali is frankly baffling. As India’s most discerning newspaper reader J. Mathrubhootam has said, who in his right mind would want to want to see 500 computerised …
The economist Prabhat Patnaik has a fine piece in The Telegraph, Calcutta, on the growing anti-intellectualism in the world. There was a time in Delhi when an absent-minded professor, like …
Jawed Naqvi, the excellent Delhi correspondent of the Dawn, Pakistan: “I am not a superstitious person and have no faith in Zodiac signs. In fact, let me confess, when a …
As Narendra Modi‘s event managers, starting with the man himself (as marg darshak L.K. Advani once called him) gets ready for yet another “bragathon”, Manini Chatterjee of The Telegraph asks a good question. What …
There’s nothing quite like a nice literary spat, especially if it involves a global internet brand, two ancient civilisations, an irritated diplomat, and a newspaper column. Last month, The Hindu …
As the BJP-led NDA government tightens the screws on pet hate P. Chidambaram by raiding his son Karti, as Lalu Prasad Yadav finds himself under the scanner, The Telegraph publishes …
By SUNAAD RAGHURAM The phenomenal advent of technology gave us the cell phone. A true marvel of science where you could be connected to the world from nine-and-a-half out of …
Respected Sri Mathrubootham I am as surprised as you are that you should be receiving this letter. Consider it an honour. As a class, Editors, note the capital E, Editors …
English TV presenters hectoring and haranguing their “nation” of 4 million—eyes glowering with rage, showing the middle finger to decency, offering cheap, ‘chai’ shop wisdom—is a gladiatorial spectator sport. A …
There is lots of kvetching and tch-tch-tching in Mysore, and among Mysoreans across the world, over Mysore losing its No.1 status on the “Swachh City” list, after topping it two …