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...
India today is not short of problems. It is short of attention. Unemployment is rising quietly. Air pollution is choking cities loudly. Public assets are being sold efficiently. And yet, national debates are dominated by one question again and again: “Should we call it India or Bharat?” “Who is a...
There was a time in Indian politics when the Lok Sabha didn’t sound like a fish market. A time when even the fiercest rivals stopped whispering, stopped heckling, and simply listened. That silence had a name: Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Not because he shouted the loudest. Not because he had brute...
One-line truth: This was not a routine local body election. This was a political mood scan — and the results are uncomfortable for the Left, energising for the UDF, and strategically encouraging for the BJP. What actually happened (minus the noise) The UDF made a strong comeback across panchayats, municipalities,...
RSS began in 1925 with a handful of men and a marching stick. A century later, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) unveils a gleaming multi-tower complex in Delhi — Keshav Kunj, a structure so massive and polished that people mistake it for a 7-star hotel. But the building is only...
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”...
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,”...
Why India Let IndiGo Watch the Chaos While Citizens Paid the Price In 2009, a crisis hit a small Russian town called Pikalyovo. Factories shut down. Salaries unpaid. Families starved. A billionaire oligarch played games while workers suffered. Vladimir Putin didn’t issue a statement. Didn’t set up a task force....
For years, Arnab Goswami was seen as the loudest shield of the Modi–BJP ecosystem on prime-time television. Mistakes were ignored, failures were reframed, and uncomfortable questions were redirected — usually towards the opposition, history, or imaginary enemies. If the government slipped, the studio lights somehow dimmed. Now suddenly, in the...
Why Corruption Is Finished in Some Places—and Comfortably Extended in India. By Nishani Corruption exists everywhere. What separates nations is not honesty—but how fearlessly they end the story. Some countries close corruption files with punishment. Others keep them open just long enough for power to rearrange itself. This is that...
