Iran’s supreme leader is now tweeting in Hindi; does it signal a thaw on India?

Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, current Supreme Leader & Former President of Iran has opened a new official Twitter account in Hindi.

To a Hindu child, Kashmir Valley even in the 70s was a nightmare

It was the summer of 1973, if my memory serves me right, when my father got his transfer orders to Srinagar. My father, working in Central government department, got too...

How erstwhile J and K discriminated for Muslims against non-Muslims

The manner in which the Legislature of Jammu and Kashmir defined "Permanent Residents" (called State Subjects earlier) worked against Hindus and Sikhs arriving here from...

Lockdown: Mamata has different yardsticks for Bakra Eid and “Bhoomi Poojan”

It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that the new lockdown dates in West Bengal, under the chief ministership of Mamata Banerjee, seem to fit the mosaic of communal...

New York Times and its’ factory of lies knows no stopping

New York Times (NYT) is topping the charts of India-haters and if facts are the essence of journalism, it stares at an unprecedented credibility crisis. (Do check...

Next time you quote them on Dalits, put them to this neutrality test

There is little gain-saying that Dalits have not suffered in India. They have been raped, murdered, discriminated against, distanced from wells and temples and...

Abusing Hanuman: Where’s the leash to deter the barking Netflix

I once heard Salman Rushdie say: “I might be indifferent to religion but if it acts as a balm to billions, who am I to quarrel with.” This is a perfect...