BJP – A blot on the Indian socio-political scenario
A number of recent toxic provocative utterances and violent acts by some senior BJP leaders and their cadres throw light on the uncivilized background of their cultural upbringing and political …
Sumanta Banerjee
Remembrance, forgetfulness and repetition – from 1945 to 2025
It is ironical that the global powers are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, while unleashing new wars in Gaza, Ukraine and the Indo-Pak…
Ram and Hanuman Vs Ravana of anti-waqf (amendment act) agitation
The massive scale on which Ram Navami (Ram’s legendary birthday) and Hanuman Jayanti (the monkey god Hanuman’s birthday) were celebrated in different parts of India indicate a new trend in …
Ritwik Ghatak: Reaching out to a lonely rebel
This year marks the birth centenary of the famous film director Ritwik Ghatak. It is a daunting effort – trying to fathom the depths of Ritwik Ghatak’s tortured soul…
Food as a victim of BJP politics
Our eating habits and choice of food are increasingly coming under pressure from the ruling party and its vigilantes, who are turning food into yet another issue of political contest. …
Hullaballoo over Aurangzeb and Maharashtra pride
A controversial comment by a Maharashtra Samajwadi Party MLA who happens to be a Muslim, has kicked up a row among political circles. The MLA, Abu Asim Azmi on March …
A nation of morons conned and led on a sleeping walk by a political Godman
“Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and sleep o’nights” Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar Two recent events which have caught media headlines …
Nudity in Hindu Religion, Art and Politics
A pious Hindu lady, Amita Sachdeva, a Delhi-based advocate has kicked up a fuss by demanding an FIR against Delhi Art Gallery for displaying paintings of the famous artist, the …
A Tribute to honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi
On the occasion of the celebration of Republic Day on January 26, let me pay my humble tribute to our beloved Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We are proud to have …
Mob Frenzy Vis-a-Vis Mass Movements
“You, the flock of sheep, how unthinking you all are ! When asked to go to the right you march to the right; When shoved to …
Indo-US Liaisons-A Love Affair Gone Awry?
US President Donald Trump’s Indian trump card, Narendra Modi is in an angry mood nowadays, sulking like a jilted lover, huffing and puffing. Unwilling to bring out the lovers’ tiff …
Sino-Indian Détente As A Game Of Duplicity
Following talks between Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Laos recently (on the sidelines of an ASEAN conference), the Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson …
Narendra Modi – from a global joker to a global pariah
Till recently, our prime minister was entertaining the world with his pompous claim as a Vishvaguru to resolve all global conflicts, while trying to impress Indians at home with his …
Two `M’s in Indian politics – Modi and Mamata
Of all the regional Opposition leaders, irrespective of their political party affiliations, the chief minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is the closest to prime minister Narendra Modi. This view of …
Narendra Modi’s global ambition – A pigmy’s dream to catch the moon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent world wide tour across the US, Russia and Ukraine, has been given wide coverage by the Indian foreign ministry and Modi’s toady media - bolstering …
Bengal’s Godmother of ruffians and racketeers
The recent case of the rape and killing of a female trainee doctor in the premises of Kolkata’s prestigious R.G. Kar Hospital has drawn all India attention to the murderous…
Roots of the current crisis in Bangladesh
The current crisis which the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is facing from the challenge thrown up by the students, is actually of her own making. All through her successive …
Revival of superstitious frenzy fuelled by Modi regime’s reversal of reforms
The latest incident of the death of hundreds of devotees in a stampede in Hathras in Uttar Pradesh in the course of a public demonstration of their faith in their …
India’s Electoral Pilgrimage
Every five years, Indians go on a pilgrimage - visiting polling booths to pay respect to their respective political gods, pour their homage in the shape of votes into ballot-boxes,…
Modi-bin-Tughluq – Narendra Modi ’s demand for a third term as the Sultan of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is bombarding us with slogans urging voters to re-elect him for a third term. He is resorting to a three-pronged strategy combining (i) high voltage announcements …
Hindu desecration of Buddhist religious sites – A hidden history
The Sangh Parivar is creating a hullaballoo with its campaign demanding that every ancient mosque must be subjected to archaeological examination in order to confirm their claim that stones embedded …
When Religious Sentiments hurt Scientific Thinking
We keep on hearing about religious sentiments being hurt. The clergy of all religious communities complain of being hurt by utterances or acts that may have been made in public …
Rajya Sabha Conundrum
Following the mimicry of the behavior of the Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar, carried out in public by an MP in the precincts of Parliament, which was video-taped by Rahul …
Smoke without fire: hullaballoo over security breach in Lok Sabha
Karl Marx’s oft-quoted observation - “History repeats itself, the first time as a tragedy, and the second time as a farce” keeps echoing in the corridors of the Indian Parliament. …
A Barking Government and a Whimpering Judiciary
There is a common saying: `A man who keeps a dog doesn’t need to bark himself.’ But our honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t seem to trust the members of …
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