The brutal killing of a tigress, Avni, by a sharpshooter illegally hired for the job by the Maharashtra government, showed how hollow is the Indian state’s commitment towards saving wildlife in general and conserving tigers in particular. The tigress Avni, codenamed T1, was shot by Asgar Ali, son of sharpshooter Nawab Shafat Ali, on 2 … Read more
The defeat of the BJP to the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in the recently-held Karnataka bypoll for three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly seats shows that an anti-incumbency wave is rising in the country. Narendra Modi is projected as a strong contender for the prime minister’s position in 2019 as well by different opinion … Read more
Yogi Adityanath divulged his government’s Ayodhya plans during his visit to the town. The plans include two controversial things – one, the construction of a Ram temple at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid, and two, land acquisition for the construction of an airstrip to allow tourists to come to Ayodhya for pilgrimage. Yogi … Read more
Ever since the Narendra Modi-led BJP government was formed, everything that the previous governments and the Indian state’s own propaganda credited as the quintessential binding factors holding the country together as a united nation, started falling apart, quite unequivocally, paving way for new fissures to appear and widened the crack in the pot called India. … Read more