Month: May 2016
In defence of a vulgar comedian
The reaction of the political class and many others against Tanmay Bhat’s video is a testimony to India’s puerility. A...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 31 May 2016, 01:11Cong leaders love their chains
One of the most abiding imageries registered on my mind is a scene from V. Shantaram’s Do aankhen baarah haath....
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 29 May 2016, 02:18Nehru is dead, long live Nehru
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always appeared to a most vehement critic of Nehru and the Nehru Consensus. This appearance...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 29 May 2016, 01:51Second year, eleventh hour
A year ago, I called Narendra Modi’s government first year in office as “a big disappointment” (https://thehinduchronicle.com/2015/05/modi-s-one-year-a-big-disappointment/). Today, two years...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 27 May 2016, 12:34Chabahar: Need to tap potential
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Iran visit is perhaps his most fruitful foreign tour so far. Typically, in our country every...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 26 May 2016, 01:18SC error on defamation: Clash of rights
A statement made by the Supreme Court while upholding the constitutionality of the current criminal defamation law is curious. And...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 21 May 2016, 05:18Not all Cong losses are BJP gains
The Left wins and loses, the Right wins and loses, regional parties win and win, the Congress loses, loses, loses,...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 20 May 2016, 01:24How hacks malign Swamy II
The mainstream media and public intellectuals have suddenly realized many virtues in Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan. For...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 19 May 2016, 01:27Congress’ rotten core
The clock is ticking for the Congress. How it fares will be known on May 19 but if the exit...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 17 May 2016, 09:28SC errs on defamation law
By upholding the constitutionality of the current criminal defamation law, the Supreme Court has done a disservice to the cause...
Read More By :Ravi Shanker Kapoor 15 May 2016, 10:56