A nishani.in deep dive into how your thoughts are being engineered—without your permission. First, a blunt truth If you think hacking only happens to computers, congratulations—you’re already halfway hacked. Cognitive hacking is not about stealing your data. It’s about stealing your judgment. No password required. No OTP sent. Just your...
A political thriller about power, perception, and the slow disappearance of opposition It’s election night somewhere in India. Another state. Another defeat. The results flash on TV screens like a bad rerun—different geography, same ending. And the question returns, louder each time: Is Congress finished? Or is something far more...
If you want to understand how “development” actually works in India, don’t listen to speeches. Watch what happens to forests that don’t have PR teams. Hasdeo Arand in Chhattisgarh and the Aravalli range across Rajasthan–Haryana–Delhi–Gujarat tell the same story in two different accents. One is a dense, living forest that...
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”...
