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Dear Kumaraswamy, ‘big’ boys do cry but your 'frailty' exposes chinks in Karnataka’s coalition govt
maitreyee boruah
| Monday, July 16, 2018, 12:59 [IST]
Bengaluru, July 16: When was the last time you saw a "big man" (a VIP with a bulging belly--big in both stature and physicality) crying like a baby in a public platform? Such instances are hard to recall, because they say "men ...
How war of words over ‘Hindu Pakistan’ remark proves religion is the opium of Indian politics
maitreyee boruah
| Friday, July 13, 2018, 12:41 [IST]
New Delhi, July 13: When "Vikas" (development) meets "Dharm" (religion), this is what they talk about... Vikas: Mein hoon, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas (I am, collective efforts, inclusive growth) (Borrowing one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popular punchlines.) Dharm: Mandir yahin ...
From ‘Hindu Pakistan’ to ‘Go to Pakistan’, why Indian politicians are obsessed with ‘enemy nation’
maitreyee boruah
| Thursday, July 12, 2018, 11:33 [IST]
New Delhi, July 12: "Love thy neighbour", goes the famous saying. Talk about India and Pakistan relationship--just flip the popular phrase--"hate thy neighbour"--and you will get the answer to the never-ending political animosity between the two neighbouring countries for the last seven ...
How Congress-JD(S) coalition govt in Karnataka aptly proves Opposition unity is a farce
maitreyee boruah
| Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 09:56 [IST]
Bengaluru, June 27: How long a political potboiler will continue to pique the voters' curiosity? It should definitely not be as long, unending as the Karnataka nataka (drama)--a vulgar display of power hungry politicians hell-bent on twisting and turning every democratic and ...
From Dadri to Hapur, bloodstains left behind by lynching are signs of horrific times we’re living in
maitreyee boruah
| Saturday, June 23, 2018, 12:37 [IST]
I am confused and afraidI wonder what path I will takeI hear that there's only two ways outI see mothers bury their sonsI want my mom to never feel that painI am confused and afraid I pretend all is fineI feel ...
Yoga day: Does Rahul Gandhi know ‘Modi asanas’?
maitreyee boruah
| Thursday, June 21, 2018, 11:35 [IST]
New Delhi, June 21: Editor to reporter: Hello, have you done yoga? Reporter: No, Sir! Editor (faking anger): Why? Don't you know today is the International Yoga Day! Reporter (slightly confused): Hmmm...yes, but Rahul is also skipping yoga, naa... Editor (trying to ...
Dastaney-e-Delhi football: Captain Modi, yeh AAP ne kaun sa game khela hain?
maitreyee boruah
| Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 13:30 [IST]
New Delhi, June 19: It's the season of underdogs at the FIFA World Cup 2018 underway in Russia. Miles away in Delhi, a far longer, exhausting, intriguing and twisted version of the game is keeping the ball rolling. In this cricket crazy ...
How Congress is alienating itself from Opposition by not supporting AAP in Delhi standoff
maitreyee boruah
| Monday, June 18, 2018, 09:13 [IST]
New Delhi, June 18: As the tug-of-war between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal continues for the last few days, it is the Congress which is looking alienated from the rest of the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...
How lynching of two men in Assam has ripped open old ethnic divides in the state
maitreyee boruah
| Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 14:50 [IST]
Guwahati, June 13: There is an old saying that "when parents die, they are buried in the ground. But when children die, they are buried in the parents' heart". It doesn't need one to see the horrific video clips to gauge ...
Pranab Mukherjee’s RSS ‘masterstroke’ proves to be a ‘googly’ that deceived left, right and centre
maitreyee boruah
| Friday, June 08, 2018, 10:29 [IST]
New Delhi, June 8: Former President and veteran Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee's much-talked-about short trip to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Nagpur, Maharashtra on Thursday evening can be described in a single line: He came, he saw, he conquered! At ...
Will Pranab Mukherjee tell RSS what all is wrong with its Hindutva ideology in Nagpur?
maitreyee boruah
| Thursday, June 07, 2018, 08:56 [IST]
New Delhi, June 7: Since former President Pranab Mukherjee has accepted the invitation of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to address the members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group in Nagpur, Maharashtra on Thursday, it is almost futile for the "liberals" to ask ...
Why fretting over Citizen Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to attend RSS event is pointless
maitreyee boruah
| Tuesday, June 05, 2018, 12:12 [IST]
New Delhi, June 5: The next time a Union minister tricks us into believing that the whole nation is glistening bright in the dead of night with the help of some old NASA image taken from the space, India might look ...