by Subhash Rai | Mar 9, 2023 | Politics
It was surprising to hear some vox populi videos that the greatest achievements of the government were in international affairs. One would imagine that considerable effort has gone into it, mostly on TV news, to build this consensus. Some digital news websites have...
by Subhash Rai | Aug 16, 2019 | Politics
It is election season and no ordinary election at that. It is never too late though to realise that if these elections are being fought for the soul of India, to protest the arrest Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks in London, is for the free speech and media...
by Subhash | Aug 16, 2019 | Politics
Rahul Gandhi has faced the brunt of a media onslaught, including social media, like no other living political leader. The handing over of the baton of the presidency of the Congress back to his mother has come in for ridicule, as it must. But this should be a moment...
by Subhash | Aug 16, 2019 | Politics
Om Birla is now the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. It should come as no surprise that a Member of Parliament of just two-term vintage now presides over proceedings of the house of the people. Convention has it that seasoned parliamentarians are made Speakers.But that...
by Subhash | Dec 6, 2018 | Politics
Abhinav Kumar IPS weighs in on many issues, territory that uniformed officers of the state tread at great risk. The consequences often lead to the curtailment of promising careers. The vicissitudes of Kumar’s career makes it obvious that he is not the cynosure...
by Subhash | Jun 7, 2011 | Politics
My father a better dancer than Swaraj: Omar Omar Abdullah might be a bit biased here. What probably is more important though is what the Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers added: “Glad [that] dance now [is an] acceptable [form of] protest.” Sushma...
