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जामा मस्जिद के इमाम सईद अहमद बुखारी ने 4 अप्रैल की दोपहर कांग्रेस को समर्थन की अपील जारी की। उन्होंने प्रेस कांफ्रेंस के ज़रिए कहा कि फिरक़ापरस्त ताक़तों को शिक़स्त देने के लिए सेक्युलर वोटों को एकमत होकर वोट देना होगा। वह कतई नहीं चाहते कि मुसलमानों का वोट बंटे और बीजेपी को फायदा पहुंचे। वह चाहते हैं कि देश का मुसलमान बीजेपी को हराने … Continue reading बुखारी की अपील और माता रानी की कसम: शाहनवाज़ मलिक
The safest assessment about India’s upcoming Lok Sabha elections is: it’s all about whether Narendra Modi becomes India’s prime minister or not. Credit goes to Namo, as he is popularly known, for being the only declared prime ministerial candidate in the field. Not many thought that Modi’s elevation from Gujarat’s Chief Minister to Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate for prime minister will be as smooth as … Continue reading A Pakistani view of the Indian elections: Amir Mateen
Mumbai, 4 April-2004, Anand Patwardhan: This morning the shocking Cobrapost story broke that in 1990 when the Babri Mosque was first attacked, top Sangh parivar leaders had deliberately planned to get some Hindu karsevaks killed in order to enrage and mobilize Hindus. The sting on major players from the BJP, VHP, Shiv Sena and other affiliated groups also revealed that the demolition of the Babri Mosque in 1992 … Continue reading Yet another encounter with corporate media censorship
Supporters of Modi present the story of a near-miracle of economic growth and development in Gujarat under Modi’s leadership. From data on Wikipedia for 2004-2012, Gujarat’s GDP growth over this period has been modestly above the Indian average. However, the ordinary people of Gujarat have paid a price for this growth: when it comes to indicators of human development, the Gujarat story is much less impressive. For example, Gujarat’s … Continue reading Is Gujarat glittering?
It is sometimes claimed that “…the Supreme Court, generally reckoned one of the few incorruptible institutions left in India, can’t find Modi guilty” (comment on a Guardian opinion piece.) This misses the fact that Modi has neither been tried, nor been exhonerated, for his role in the violence in Gujarat in 2002. The legal argument to date has centred on whether he should stand trial. A … Continue reading Have the courts found Modi guilty of any crime?
(First Published in Wishpicker) http://wishpicker.com/blog/2014/04/02/17-of-the-most-hilarious-ab-ki-baar-modi-sarkaar-2-liners-to-give-you-stomach-aches/?fb_action_ids=10202947491143874&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.Uzv-i6L6Gb9.like#.Uz0omF3zttn Continue reading Poetry Sucks, We have gone too far. Ah! It Rhymes with Modi Sarkaar!
The CCTV footage has been shown to many carefully identified and selected persons in the media and other influential and powerful persons, by family and a close coterie of friends of Tarun Tejpal. This is in violation of the law and the order of the court. Yes the family has a right to defend Tarun Tejpal, but not by committing unlawful and illegal acts. … Continue reading Tejpal’s Family has to stop showing around the CCTV footage – Vrinda Grover
As India turns inwards to its next election, the world watches with a mixture of anxiety and hope. Hope, because India has the capacity to lead South Asia into a less polarised 21st century. And worry in case it takes a turn towards ultra-nationalism and regional drift. With the BJP’s Narendra Modi’s sharp new addition to the election’s chest-thump, anti-Pakistan belligerence has been staked out … Continue reading India’s New Tryst with Destiny?: Sherry Rehman
It seems large parts of the mainstream national media have gone underground these days. If you view most English news channels and some Hindi ones or most English and Hindi newspapers, you will suddenly find a proliferation of reports favouring Narendra Modi and the BJP. The repeated highlighting of doctored pre-poll analysis without attempts to do an in-depth investigation into the credentials of the agencies … Continue reading Why is Media missing the real Gujarat Story: Himanshu Thakkar
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