The Insight would be bringing a host of articles & stories on the birth of the Indian nation
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Feeling The Heat Of Majoritarianism: The Marginalized On The Edges
That the marginalized in India are increasingly feeling restless. This isn’t a hyperbole it’s the stark reality of the times we live in.
Welcome To Propaganda Hour On Primetime
We live in an age where the media loves to toe the government line & serves as an extended propaganda tool for the ruling dispensation.
Craven & Servile: How The Indian Media Lost The Plot
I’ve a habit of sifting through various news websites every day. I regularly hop between sites like The Atlantic, Guardian & Indian news sites like Scroll & The Wire. Since the past four years, I’ve almost given up watching Indian news channels. Partly because of the substandard shows that simply love to sensationalize every damn … Continue reading Craven & Servile: How The Indian Media Lost The Plot
Fact Check: Why Vilifying Nehru Doesn’t Work
Come 15th August, India would mark its 71st Independence Day. That we as a nation have come a long way is an indisputable fact; a robust economy, a burgeoning middle- class & an aspirational youth that craves more opportunity are only a few among the long list of achievements of the world’s largest democracy. Still … Continue reading Fact Check: Why Vilifying Nehru Doesn’t Work
Revisiting Indian History: How History Ought To Be Taught
The other day I stumbled upon something on Quora, someone had asked, “Why do we teach Mughal/Muslim history in India when they were actually foreign marauders? Shouldn’t we be teaching our own ancient history?” This set in motion a chain of thoughts inside me. Firstly, we teach history on the premise that, events closer to … Continue reading Revisiting Indian History: How History Ought To Be Taught
The Economy Under Free fall: What The New GDP Numbers Mean
As the saying goes, “as you sow, so shall you reap”. Nearly, three years of economic mismanagement has finally begun to show up even in the fudged up GDP figures of the Modi government. Growth has fallen to a measly 6.1% over the Jan-March period. Three years back, the government devised a “new method” of … Continue reading The Economy Under Free fall: What The New GDP Numbers Mean
The Epitome Of Cowardice: Understanding “Veer” Savarkar
Along with Jinnah Savarkar was the other pillar of the two-nation theory, loved spewing venom & instigated young men to kill in the name of his vile ideology of exclusive nationalism. Most of these young men were quickly disowned by him once they had served their purpose. Curiously, Savarkar who’d sing eulogies in the name … Continue reading The Epitome Of Cowardice: Understanding “Veer” Savarkar
Why are 2002 riots projected as anti-Muslim riots and not as a painful incident where thousands of Indians lost their lives?
Plainly put: the fundamental premise of the pogrom was avenging the Godhra incident where karsevaks were allegedly killed by a Muslim mob. Militant Hindu organisations in collusion with the state (remember that cabinet ministers of the then Gujarat government are now serving sentence for orchestrating the genocide) maimed, killed & raped people who were overwhelming … Continue reading Why are 2002 riots projected as anti-Muslim riots and not as a painful incident where thousands of Indians lost their lives?
This Republic Day Ponder A Little More
I remember those days when as a child, the first thing I’d wish to do on the Republic Day was to nag my parents until they took me to the bazaar to buy me the tricolor; the Indian flag. It became a twice a year ritual for much of my childhood & each time I’d … Continue reading This Republic Day Ponder A Little More
