At a time when the media was getting submerged with so much controversy regarding fake news, paid news, private treaties, hegemony, consumerism there came the announcement of two journalists – one from Philippines and another from Russia – getting the Nobel Peace prize this year. When everyone w...
Narendra Modi’s first meeting with the new US president, Joe Biden, opens great opportunities for India in south Asian politics. Both talk Afghanistan, which indicates new alignments, new power equations and new thought processes in international diplomacy. The threat of China now seems to precede...
The 13 America soldiers killed in the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport were all aged between 20 and 30. President Biden warned that none of those who did this will be spared. True to his word, two of the terrorists who planned this suicide attack were killed by a US drone attack, almost immediat...
Kumaramangalam Birla has resigned from the chairmanship of Vodaphone-Idea combine. He has even offered the government to buy Idea’s share in the company. Now what has gone wrong with the telecom sector? Sam Pitroda, during the Congress regime, had gifted this new sector as a game-chang...
The use (and abuse) of the social media has, over the years, become a powerful weapon of political propaganda. The all-powerful IT cell of the BJP has left the opposition far behind in its strategy to promote the party’s ideology and action. Earlier, the traditional media – the print, tele...
The election result of the state of West Bengal is bound to create ripples in Indian politics. It is not only a fight between David and Goliath, but also reveals a new strategy of political warfare. It is almost guerrilla warfare, planned very meticulously. Let me explain. It is not that ...
The foreign media have been very critical of the Indian government’s role in tackling the Corona pandemic, especially during its second wave. The Times, London and the Australian (both newspapers belong to Rupert Murdoch) have accused Narendra Modi of leading India to a “viral apocalypseâ€...
We might take an ethical stand, but unfortunately global politics does not move that way. India is acknowledged as the biggest manufacturer of vaccines in the world. We appreciate the stand which the Pune based manufacturer took to produce vaccines formulated by UK researchers, much before the...
The understanding of the stock market by the Indian common man has evolved quite remarkably. The latest reports reveal that the Indian investors are preferring Tesla, Nio and Riot blockchain among the US stocks over the ‘FAANG’ stocks which include Facebook,Amazon,Apple, Netflix and Alphab...
Somehow in these charged political environment, we seem to be losing our human qualities. Our political leaders seem to ‘brainwash’ us and force us to take ‘sides’. It is not at all a healthy trend. Let us explain.A chief minister of a state gets injured while in her campaign. There ma...
