One of the great myths sold to the public—especially by so-called opinion-makers in television studios and editorial rooms—is that national consensus is achievable on complex issues of statecraft. In reality, consensus has rarely existed, at least not in any meaningful or durable form, within functioning democracies. Not in my lifetime, and certainly not in any…
The question of whether Hindus are “awakening from their slumber” has become a recurring theme in public discourse—often raised with emotion, sometimes with apprehension, and frequently with political overtones. Yet, beyond slogans and counter-slogans, this question deserves a calmer, more thoughtful examination rooted in history, demographics, and contemporary global developments. Hinduism—Sanatan Dharma—is not merely a…
Last week, I had the misfortune of running into a left-liberal masquerading as a journalist. One of those specimens who spent most of his career comfortably ensconced in a government-owned television channel, surviving not on merit but on entitlement, proximity, and ideological conformity. He greeted me with forced curiosity and then, with the characteristic smugness…
When Ayushman Bharat and Private Insurers Feed Corporate Hospitals, Not Healing Health insurance was sold to Indians as a humanitarian promise—a guarantee that nobody will be bankrupted or denied care for financial reasons. And, schemes like Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) were heralded as revolutionary, providing up to ₹5 lakh per family annually…
The pattern is becoming unmistakable. First it was the RJD–Congress combine in Bihar. Now it is the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Every time the Opposition senses that its carefully engineered vote banks may not survive a credible verification exercise, the first instinct is not to cooperate with the system but to malign the Election…
The Opposition’s grand INDIA block is crumbling so fast it should apply for heritage status before it collapses entirely. For months, its leaders boasted about unity, shared values, collective strength, and that magic word— “morale.” Today, that morale looks like a deflated balloon lying in a corner while every party kicks it for fun. The…
The Bihar mandate has delivered more than a political victory; it has redrawn the national script. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), by breaching the never-imagined 203-seat mark in a 243-member House, has not merely humbled the Opposition—it has exposed the complete strategic bankruptcy of the Congress and its disjointed allies. The result is a…
Indian politics has for too long survived on one self-serving myth: that those who appease minorities are secular, while those who refuse to bow to votes are communal. But suddenly, the mask has slipped, not because the BJP exposed it, but because the Chief Minister of Telangana, A. Revanth Reddy, himself confessed the truth in…
The BJP loves to introduce itself as the Party with a Difference. A political reformer. A moral torchbearer. The lone crusader slaying the dragons of corruption and criminalization in Indian politics. And then reality arrives — in Bihar. As revealed on Republic TV — yes, from Arnab Goswami himself, the alleged unofficial PR manager of…
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s latest political gamble — to grant 42% reservation to Backward Classes — has run straight into the judicial wall. His attempt to crown himself as India’s new “BC leader” by breaching the Supreme Court’s 50% cap is not just constitutionally reckless; it’s politically desperate. Neither Revanth nor his party…
