For a very long period of time “Gareebi Hatao” was a mere political slogan but did not translate into much, except for political dividends for the parties that used such empty slogans. In fact even.
Jitin Prasad exit: Time to rescue the party from the parivar? June 9, 2021, 10:04 PM IST
Shehzad Poonawalla is a contributor at Times Now. He tweets at Shehzad Ind
Today, as yet another young turk in the form of Jitin Prasada leaves the Congress party and dumps the Gandhi family to join the BJP I feel a sense of vindication all over again. Jitin’s departure from the Congress much like Jyotiraditya Scindia’s is merely the symptom of a larger disease that continues to plague the Congress namely putting the Gandhi Parivar over performance and accountability , sychophancy and darbari culture over merit, running the party like a feudal fiefdom almost like a Qabila of sorts without making any accommodation for regional satraps with diverse political aspirations, a complete lack of internal democracy compounded by a hyper sensitivity and intolerance for any dissent against the 1st family and a complete unwillingness to overhaul the rusted or
Even as I write this piece, after critically examining the trajectory of the Covid-19 second wave, across various states in India, I cannot help but point out the obvious negative bias in the coverage of.
A well known American sociologist once said “Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap.” Perhaps, in the Indian context it can be paraphrased just a bit. “Truth is hard, propaganda is cheap to peddle but it.
In Modi Virodh why end up doing Desh Virodh? February 5, 2021, 3:00 PM IST
Shehzad Poonawalla is a contributor at Times Now. He tweets at Shehzad Ind
Even as a tweet from international pop sensation Rihanna and activist Greta Thunberg over the farm protests was jumped upon by the opposition to target the Modi government over its failure in handling the crisis and its subsequent reaction from the MEA that issued a press note with two hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda what is now emerging is that perhaps the opposition was not only hasty in lapping up what seems to be a wider, more organised and perhaps malicious campaign of calumny directed not just against the government but also the Indian state and perhaps the global tweet storm wasn’t as innocent and innocuous as some would like us to believe. Consider some facts that perhaps explain why the campaign seems more sponsored and less spontaneous , more organised and les