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 …
Sumanta Banerjee
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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