Indian subcontinent and that sinking feeling: A quarter of Bangladesh under water

It’s a grim monsoon in Indian subcontinent. A quarter of Bangladesh is under water. India is reeling to the extent that prime minister Narendra Modi had to seek out...

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...

Yogi now turns on the heat on mafia don Mukhtar Ansari

After the elimination of dreaded gangster Vikas Dubey, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh police is pulling all stops to sap another big name in the crime...

CM Yogi Adityanath has 25 crores saplings planted in a day in Uttar Pradesh

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh seems to have pulled off a miracle by having 25 crores trees planted across the state in a singe day on Sunday through two...

Indians can’t desert Modi and leave him at the mercy of sharks

All of us would agree that public transport should’ve been allowed to let migrants reach home. Done and dusted in the first week of Lockdown 1.0...

Gadkari has shown a mirror to We-the-Dodgers of traffic rules

A typical day when I hit roads in my car in the Capital. The roads themselves have three types of variations.

A fly on the wall of Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati

Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav, “bua” and “babua”, haven’t found their voice since Exit Polls.  Mayawati hasn’t tweeted...