Two India’s Nobody Campaigns On One perfects the art of power, the other perfects the abuse of it Part one: How BJP built power before it won power From political margins to a national machine The BJP did not rise by accident. Its journey began long before 2014, rooted in...
The Indian Middle Class’s Silent Tax Tragedy Before you dive headfirst into the Monday grind with coffee and corporate optimism, pause and ask one dangerous question: Who are you really working for today—yourself or the Government? If that question makes you uncomfortable, good. Awareness usually does. The Taxpayer Calendar Nobody...
Some tragedies shock a nation. Some fade quietly. And some linger — not because of what we know, but because of what we still don’t. The Ahmedabad Air India plane crash belongs to the third category. Months have passed since the aircraft went down within minutes of take-off, killing nearly...
The Dileep case, edited hash values, and a system that asks for trust after breaking it Courts often say, “Justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done.” In the Dileep sexual assault case, that sentence now sounds like dark comedy. The recent court order stating...
When Rakesh Gangwal resigned from IndiGo’s board and announced he would become a “passive investor”, it sounded calm. Corporate. Mature. But behind that polite sentence lies one of the ugliest stories of modern Indian capitalism — a story of monopoly, regulatory silence, obscene wealth creation, zero accountability, and complete disregard...
Knives aren’t the killers. Gas stoves aren’t the villains. The real danger in Indian kitchens today is what we trustingly put on our plates. Bread containing hazardous chemicals. Milk diluted with detergent, urea, and outright filth. Spices brightened with textile dyes that should never be near human stomachs. And now,...
There was a time when certain jobs stood on a pedestal. People saluted them, trusted them, even feared them. And now? They’ve become memes, reels, and WhatsApp forwards — the modern equivalent of being declared a global joke. Let’s take a tour. 1. INFLUENCERS: From Experts to “Bro, Trust Me”...
Kerala loves wearing its literacy crown. We flaunt it in debates, social media bios, tourism campaigns, and political speeches. Highest literacy in India, they say — often with a smug smile, as if literacy automatically equals ethics, integrity, and intelligence. Then reality kicked down the door. In recent weeks, Kerala...
Narcissists don’t walk around with warning labels. If they did, half the world would be running, the other half would be filing for therapy reimbursement. They’re everywhere—homes, offices, friend circles, WhatsApp groups, even NGOs fighting “for the greater good.” And no, they’re not always loud or arrogant. Some are soft-spoken....
India wasn’t facing one crisis that day. It was facing many—real, breathing, bleeding crises. And what did the government choose to do? Stage a cultural soap opera in Parliament for over 10 hours. Let’s start with the facts they didn’t want to talk about. The Indigo Collapse: Not “Operational Issues,”...
