The FTII Row and the Flying Cow
Two recent incidents demonstrate the megalomania and xenophobia of the paranoid Indian state, says Amit Sengupta.It…
Notes from the Underground
Back To The Dark Ages?
Bihar will show the way out of the tired politics of hate, says Amit Sengupta.Reporters on…
Mann ki Baat after a Bad Hangover
After the farce, truly, comes the nightmare. Happy New Year, says Amit Sengupta, in the time…
Woman with iron in her soul
November 5, 2014 was the 14th anniversary of the world’s longest fast by Irom Sharmila. Amit…
True Love, in the time of Hindu Rashtra
The BJP government succeeded a period of utter chaos (read UPA II) and ushered in an…
After The Box Office Hit, Are The Good Days Coming?
Lots of polls predicted a big BJP win in the Lok Sabha elections. Yet, as Amit…
So where is the damned wave?
If the mainstream media is to be believed, the nation is buoyantly swept up by the…
Ide(a)s Of March
The Lok Sabha Election Circus is Back in Town! Amit Sengupta, cuts through the predictable, media-generated…
The Season of Lynch Mobs
Even as we probe the question of ‘state versus love’ in this issue of Kindle, a…
Wild West Tamas
Amid the green-revolution-borne extractionist abundance of Western UP, local life remained steeped in stagnant, rotting inertia… until the…