Media is happy telling us about the youth brigade that has entered politics. There are about 90 such MPs in the Parliament. But have we ever stepped aside and looked at them beyond what media is busy portraying them? All these young leaders have ‘inherited’ their parents. To get better visibility, let us take a few popular names, though the list is endless- Continue reading
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The everyday assassination of Gandhi
Recently the country celebrated Gandhi jayanti. This day hardly meant anything to many of us. Most students and professionals enjoyed their day with friends or watching a recent film. But, don’t you think, it is high time we sit back and think his principles and ideologies and what this man stood for? Don’t you think it is high time for us to practice and not preach him? Continue reading
On Ayodhya verdict
Recently I could get my hands on an interesting old article written by Swapan Dasgupta. “We’re all kar sevaks now“- this article, published in Indian Express on January 4, 1993, reflects the mood immediately after the Babri masjid’s demolition when India appeared totally polarised. Some of the assertions reflect the heady emotionalism of the times. Read it in its historical context. I had written an article on the-NRI prior to the verdict. You can read it here in case you have missed it. Continue reading
The autocratic democracy
India is supposed to be a democracy. Why then, a few months back, state units of the Congress in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya unanimously asked Sonia Gandhi to nominate office bearers, including state chiefs? Why has Bengal asked Sonia to elect their party chief? Why has Maharashtra gone a step further by asking her to pick even the city heads? Why are these lists filled with the wives, sons, nephews, brothers and brothers-in-law of prominent party leaders? Continue reading
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Ayodhya: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The Ayodhya verdict is on its way. Stay home, but know your greatest enemy.
As you must be knowing, I am now a regular columnist of a popular website “The-NRI”. Recently they have published my article on the Ayodhya verdict. The link is here Continue reading
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 