RIGHT PERSPECTIVE
Theatre of the familiar
The woes of living in India are not just confined to poor living standards, shoddy governance, rickety infrastructure, and ubiquitous lawlessness; one also has to endure unbearable ennui. Every event,... Read More
NAPA is GM monster from Jurassic age
The new goods and services tax (GST) regime, we are told, will be a boon for the economy; it would benefit consumers as prices would be down and also be good for the economy which would get a boost. T... Read More
Narendra Indira Modi checks ‘profiteering’
The anti-profiteering rules under the goods and services tax (GST) regime give the lie to the Narendra Modi government’s commitment to enhance the ease of doing business. Socialist—that is the onl... Read More
Bihar Guv, Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind BJP’s prez choice
The Bharatiya Janata Party has chosen Dalit leader and Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind as its presidential candidate. The election, by a collegium comprising Members of Parliament and state Assemblies,... Read More
Modi lets Hindus languish in Pakistan
A minor Hindu girl is abducted, forcibly converted, and married to a Muslim in Pakistan. The loud champions of human rights, the garrulous feminists, sundry celebrities, parlor pinks—all of them are... Read More
No sex please, we’re sanskari
The booklet, Mother and Child Care, recommended for pregnant women and released by a Union Minister, underlines the fact that Hindutva is a perverted form of Hinduism. It is yet another endeavor to pr... Read More
Waiver epidemic spreads
Has the political class gone bonkers about loan waivers? And why just politicians? Everybody who is somebody, everybody who thinks they are somebody, armies of nobodies, every class—the infection ha... Read More
Farmers stir: Messaging isn’t governance
The farmers agitation—which began in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur, spread to Neemuch, Ratlam, and Indore districts, and threatens to spread to other states—is a classic case of the harvest of bad k... Read More