Thank You Mr Modi
This column's caption may be an odd one at a time when we are sparing no platform to condemn the Indian leader's atrocious jingoism; when most of the thinking world…
Mr Modi’s African chromosomes
A well-off Pakistani cousin was putting up at the penthouse of the Montreal hotel where, by a coincidence, her Indian cousin was leading a workers’ strike. As he tiptoed through…
The North Pole beckons Mr Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting five Central Asian countries plus Russia this week and the next. Indian opposition parties have already berated him for what they say are avoidably…
Modi jeopardizing lives of 1.7bn people
Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank, has said the following about Indus Water Treaty: “There is no provision in the treaty to allow for suspension the way it…
Modi madness at the third pole
India and Pakistan are at it again; exasperating a world pre-occupied with US tariffs, Ukraine and, occasionally, the Middle East. What the world cannot be indifferent to is the weaponising…
Kunal Kamra’s lonely furrow
CREATIVE ways abound to resist oppression be it from one’s own state or a foreign occupation power; but to defeat or vacate the menace is another ballgame. Cinema, theatre, dance,…
The Modi-Trump tango
A strong economy is a national security imperative. It is also crucial to foster social and political stability. It also effectively shapes a cohesive national identity necessary to mould international…
Kapoors of Bollywood meet Modi
“EVERYONE acts every day of their lives,” said Marlon Brando. Think about it. The air hostess acts with her plastic smile. The politician acts with his double-faced lies. The shopkeeper.…
Why Modi claims he has won
FIFTY-SEVEN races are still to be decided on Saturday, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he has already won a thumping majority. Let’s see the mind more than the logic…
Suppose Modi took a DNA test
LEAVE alone Prime Minister Modi’s mindless rant for a moment — and the needlessly craven apology by the Congress party spokesman — over Sam Pitroda’s scientific-spirited but lazily presented comment…
