There is something old-world, reminiscent of the times of emperors and their fiats, in the way in which several democratically elected political leaders are feted, fetishized, and fawned upon by the public. While such hero-worship might amuse or dismay us;
“Born like this Into this As the chalk faces smile As Mrs. Death laughs As the elevators break As political landscapes dissolve As the supermarket bag boy holds a college degree” -Charles Bukowski (Dinosauria, We) The homeless and the Hippies,
The popularity of the second ‘United Progressive Alliance’ (UPA) government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has plummeted in a manner in which few could have imagined. The government, which came to power in May 2009 after the UPA won
A natural disaster cycle is afflicting Pakistan, the flooding of Sindh is only one such incident. With thousands homeless and suffering, the under funded ‘National Disaster Management Authority’ and unprepared provincial governments are unable to cope, due to political and
For those of you choking on an overkill of 2G, ArvindKejriwal canvassing for the Right in his increasingly shrill trill, Pooja Mishra’s manicured tantrums on Bigg Boss (we came to know she was a VJ only on this show) or
Rakesh Bardhan is all of eight, and studies in Class IV. At an age when children are full of dreams about what they want to do when they grow up, Rakesh is no different. Except that he asserts, “I’ll agitate
“Also we plan to be the first magazine in the country to initiate revolutionary changes in our spellings like Robindronath Thakur (if Kajol is Kajol and not Kajal, then why not the bard?” I have a grouse against Didi. Being
Many a philosopher has mulled over the theory of eternal recurrence in life…and the fact that things might disappear completely after happening once, things might never return, an enormous sense of ambiguity is attached to all of life…oscillating between meaning
Many a philosopher has mulled over the theory of eternal recurrence in life…and the fact that things might disappear completely after happening once, things might never return, an enormous sense of ambiguity is attached to all of life…oscillating between meaning
When in the June 6 issue of Outlook weekly, senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, sought to distance herself from the infamous Gali Reddy brothers of Bellary in