The big fat Ambani wedding and many funerals
The Indian elite has once again proven that when it comes to choosing between saving lives and throwing lavish parties, there's no contest. As the country grapples with heatwaves, floods,…
Ambani Wedding
Myth of great Indian Wedding
Indians simply love fat weddings. We recently saw the wedding of ‘meritorious’ son of an extraordinarily powerful Business family, which is being ‘claimed’ as marriage of the century where celebrities…
Extravagance of economic Elite and Economic Inequality in India
As per the media reports, the marriage of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant is expected to cost Rs. 5,000 Crore. It has caught the attention of the national media which…
US$152 million “pre-wedding” bash of Asia’ richest man shows contempt of billionaires toward workers and rural poor
While hundreds of millions of poor people are struggling to survive without proper food, and even water, India’s richest person, billionaire Mukesh Ambani, has spent more than US$150 million for…
When Only Money Talks- Democratic Voices Can’t Be Silenced!
Who can ignore power of money? But when it’s utility extends to almost shrieking out loudly through headlines, pictures and other tools of media to let practically the whole world…
The Lost Ethical Dimension
What immediately follows news breaks reporting yet another attack on a Muslim peddler or Muslim milkman on his way back from a fairground with a newly acquired cow,is usually analysis…
Ambani pre-wedding: Feudalism and the capitalist overlords of ‘New India’
India now counts among the most right-wing countries in the world, with all the classic markers of fascism emblazoned with a leering smugness across the faces of its elite and…
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