The late Ramnath Goenka was perhaps the most legendary amongst the media owners in the country. He fought the British and refused to succumb to the censorship in…
How do parties and politicians fund themselves? Indian political parties were traditionally funded with cash i.e. black money. Many have now tried to get tax paid money due…
Sitting in Opposition from 2004-14, I used to listen to the tall promises in the Congress Budgets. An early lesson that I gave to myself was “Don’t go…
The two mainstream parties in the Kashmir are increasingly losing their identity. The separatists and the terrorists want a part of the State to segregate from India. India…
On 28th March, 2019, an unprecedented protest took place in Bengaluru. Holding party flags, JDS and Congress leaders assembled outside the Income Tax Office to protest against income…
Over the last several months, India was exhausted with the talk of a ‘Mahagathbandhan’. The rationale was that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the BJP were very strong and could not be…
The seven decade history of the State of Jammu & Kashmir confronts changing India with several questions. Was the Nehruvian course, which the State had embarked, a historical…
No political party has betrayed India for more than seven decades other than the Congress Party. It gave to the people of India many slogans and very little…
I have consistently held the view that dynasties owning political parties is an unfortunate phenomenon which has accelerated in the last three decades. The Congress was original creator…
From truth to rumours Conventional print media followed conservative norms. Every ‘news’ that a reporter brought was checked and verified. Due care and caution was taken. Documents were…