India lost to Australia and bowed out of the 2015 cricket world cup, but for the first time, Indian fans are not angry. They are sad. They know the team played well, and indeed did a great job of reaching this far. But Times Now had some different views. They played the oldest trick in the book of criminalizing the whole team and portraying the loss as extremely shameful … [Read more...]
Using National Heroes For Party’s Advantage – What BJP needs to stop doing now!
The galloping ahead of identity politics of the majority in present day India is nothing surprising to the progressive masses. They had repeatedly cautioned the fellow countrymen that once they elect someone hungry for the expansion of the right-wing school of thought to run the country, whimsical and massive changes in the country’s fraternal dynamics are bound to happen. The … [Read more...]
Meet These Extremely Sad People Who Would Like To See 66A Back In Action
While Supreme Court’s decision of removing section 66A from the Information and Technology Act came as a relief for the defendants of free speech, there are some frowning faces as well. Azam Khan is one of them. Just a few days back, Azam Khan filed an FIR against a boy studying in standard 11 as he had shared something on Facebook which the Samajwadi Party leader found … [Read more...]
Do We Really Have A Strong Cricket Team Or Just A Powerful Cricket Board?
India is a cricket crazy nation. We are all so much in love with the sport that the wife, the kids, the freaking office, almost everything takes a back seat while a cricket match is on. Earlier we used to be glued to radios, then TV’s and nowadays smart phones. The technology has changed drastically, but not the craze. And I don’t see it dying anytime soon either. From … [Read more...]
Please don’t get me jailed for this, Azam Khan!
On Monday, a student studying in standard 11 was put behind the bars for sharing an offensive post against the Samajwadi Party leader, Azam Khan. The party leader found the post derogatory and insulting. Just because some teenager shared something which brought down the name of the ‘highly respected’ leader, Azam Khan made sure that he got locked up in the jail. This … [Read more...]