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Why two wrongs cannot make a right
Broadcast On July 8, 2018... the Gujarat killings of 2002 we have to bring up the Sikh slaughter of 1984. If we find fault with Narendra Modi’s rhetoric we balance it with a critique of Rahul Gandhi’s tweets. When we discuss the way ...
Where the State should step back
Broadcast On January 17, 2021... do so. Now I’m not saying other governments are different or better. But as an Indian citizen I have a right to tell my own to stop being silly. There’s an awful lot Narendra Modi and his ministers ...
WHEN KANDHAMAL CAST A SHADOW OVER BJD-BJP TIES
Broadcast On March 24, 2024... “Yes, indeed.” This conversation went a lot further. Indeed, he was eager that should happen. KT: “When Kandhamal happened the urban middle classes began to compare you with Narendra Modi. ...
What they didn’t say
Broadcast On July 28, 2013... is far more important than what they said. Here’s a peek into what they left deliberately unsaid. First, Narendra Modi. He told Reuters he has been given a “thoroughly clean-chit” by the Supreme Court’s ...
What should we make of Narendra Modi?
Broadcast On June 8, 2014As the government completes its first fortnight, are we witnessing a new Narendra Modi, as many believe, or was the media simply wrong in its initial understanding of the man? It’s a question I’ve been ...
WHAT INDIA COULD DO TO STOP BJP JUGGERNAUT
Broadcast On January 21, 2024The point I wish to make today is simple and straight forward. The chances of the 28 party INDIA alliance realizing its dream of ‘defeating’ Narendra Modi and the BJP in the forthcoming elections hinges ...
Voices from the BJP
Broadcast On July 14, 2013... dominates our lives and people have very different aspirations. Does the Ram Mandir chime with all of this? Or is it relegated to a forgotten past? Perhaps the third concern is most important: do Narendra ...
Uninformed voting isn’t meaningful democracy
Broadcast On April 6, 2014... determine those decisions? The answer is very little, if anything at all. That’s why our act of voting falls short of meaningful democracy. It won’t be any different this time. Narendra Modi, Rahul ...
Unimpressed by power and money - that’s the message
Broadcast On February 15, 2015... isn’t loud or even clearly expressed but it lingers beyond the resounding vote. If you don’t deliver we could bundle you out as comprehensively as we swept you in. For Narendra Modi and the BJP the message ...
Understanding the India we've created
Broadcast On April 14, 2019... increase although in every age group there’s been some enhancement of support. So, clearly, the young are attracted to the BJP and, I suspect, in particular, to Narendra Modi. Will that continue as they ...
Understanding the Gen. V. K. Singh controversy
Broadcast On September 29, 2013... valour? The third question concerns the leak: is it a coincidence it happened days after Gen. V.K. Singh appeared on a platform alongside Narendra Modi or is it an attempt to undermine him because some ...
Unbelievable words
Broadcast On June 24, 2004... of this is a suggestive mountain made out of a coincidental molehill pause and see if you can remember the date on which Mr. Vajpayee made his famous comments about Narendra Modi. It was the 13th. But ...
There’s no fool like one who doesn’t know it!
Broadcast On March 9, 2014... they think we’re fools?” Pertie’s point set me thinking. The election speeches we’ve started hearing – and there are a lot more in store for us! – make a very similar assumption. For instance, when Narendra ...
The ‘Modification’ of Politics
Broadcast On December 30, 2007Narendra Modi’s stunning victory will change Indian politics decisively, perhaps dramatically, possibly desperately. I have no doubt it’s a turning point. Actually, it will amount to several turning points. ...
The ‘clown prince’ and the ‘chaiwallah’s son’
Broadcast On October 6, 2013... Narendra Modi. As an opposition leader he has every right to criticize the Prime Minister and it’s his prerogative to do so where, when and how he wants. But if the facts he relies on are wrong he will ...
The young are trying to save the idea of India
Broadcast On December 29, 2019... The world over the greatest prime ministers have made their name and mark doing this. Sadly, Narendra Modi did not. He turned his back on a crying nation and left us to dry our tears on our own. ...
The weight of words, spoken and unspoken
Broadcast On June 28, 2020... the Prime Minister’s Galwan statement, Rahul Gandhi tweeted: “Narendra Modi is actually Surender Modi”. It made me cringe. This was school-boyish rather than statesman-like. At fourteen I would have been ...
The unusual tale of a Pakistani diplomat
Broadcast On March 28, 2021... even keep me posted”. When Sharif replied to a letter from Narendra Modi it was given to the Indian High Commissioner not Basit, thus denying him a chance to meet Modi. When Sharif and Modi agreed to meet ...
The two faces of Narendra Modi – Politically bold and economically timorous
Broadcast On October 26, 2014It’s a paradox but Prime Minister Modi’s response to the political challenges he faces is significantly different to the way he handles the economic challenges that confront him. You could almost say they ...
The sad truth about our politicians
Broadcast On March 2, 2014... Mukesh Ambani’s alleged Swiss bank account numbers without any proof to substantiate the claim? Is it fitting to state Ambani controls Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi? To call Bhupinder Singh Hooda “a property ...