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Bapu’s disrespect in UK is insult to India
Among the many functions of the media, one that strikes me as being significant is its ability to give publicity to those who least deserve it. The media, thanks to its innately competitive character, tends to highlight the bizarre and the weird. Increasingly, outlandishness is becoming a foolproof way of...
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Mortifying silence on Murshidabad murders
13 October 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Cong’s mock indignation at FIR against celebrities
06 October 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Love for sensationalism is assault on journalism
29 September 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Babul episode warrants guidelines for varsities
22 September 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
India looks beyond British Raj excesses
15 September 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
India’s space odyssey must go on with zeal
08 September 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta -
Pack of hyenas hunting for even minor slips of Modi
01 September 2019 | Swapan Dasgupta
Modi’s historic change in diaspora outreach
Howdy Modi” may seem an exceptionally strange way of addressing India’s Prime Minister, except perhaps in Texas. Fortunately, it was an event in Houston, Texas, that billed a diaspora outreach programme of Narendra Modi in this fashion. The labelling, however, is secondary. What is more relevant is that, having done a...
Western media feeds on demonisation of Modi
There has been a fair amount of outrage over the disruption of India’s Independence Day celebrations in London by a demonstration of Pakistani Kashmiris and a handful of Khalistanis. The outrage is warranted, and more so in the light of the BBC’s predictably one-sided coverage of the event in Central...
Modi can’t be deterred by communal blackmail
The initial excitement over the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir and the reorganisation of the State has given way to a more considered assessment of its implications, both domestically and externally. While there is a cautious wait-and-watch approach to how the Kashmir Valley will react once the...
Opp fails to stall Modi’s political agenda in RS
When the Parliament session concludes on August 7 (or, as is being speculated, is further extended by another two days), the Narendra Modi Government will have the satisfaction of having completed the most productive Budget-cum-monsoon session. I doubt if any other Parliament session in recent memory — or, indeed, ever...
RTI Act needs more changes for efficacy
Last week, following its passage in the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha approved the amendment to the Right to Information Act. A determined attempt — a very legitimate parliamentary tactic — by the Opposition to refer the amendment to a Select Committee failed following a division. The NDA Government that...
Business of crying for media freedom
Earlier this month, along with two other journalists, I attended a conference on Media Freedom convened by the Foreign Ministers of Canada and the United Kingdom. It was a non-official delegation and was in no way representative of the diversity of India’s media — and I don’t think anyone claimed...
Party hopping isn’t new but BJP should use caution
The suggestion, widely circulated on the social media, that Amit Shah had quietly persuaded the New Zealand cricketers to abandon their black jersey for the blue and thereby ensured that India was there in the cricket World Cup final, was amusing. However, on a more serious vein, it pointed to...
