London Dreams, Kolkata Nightmares: Why the City Deserves Better, Not Bigger Promises
Kolkata doesn’t need London’s grandeur but urgent fixes to everyday decay. Encroached sidewalks, broken roads, garbage piles, vanishing parks, and hospitals where patients sleep on cardboard define the city. Small reforms — clean water, storage for the poor, night cleanups, and restored public spaces — could restore dignity and livability.
Largest Democracy, Smallest Justice: How India’s Courts Fail Muslim Prisoners
In India’s “largest democracy,” justice bends to power. Political prisoners like Umar Khalid languish in jail without bail or trial, while the influential walk free. The judiciary speaks of liberty and human rights but delivers selective relief. Law is no shield—today, it is wielded as a weapon
Who Owns Urdu? Javed Akhtar, Religion, and the Fight for a Shared Language
“Bahut Samjhe the Hum Is Daur Ki Firqa Parasti Ko
Zubaan Bhi Aaj Shaikh -o-Brahaman Hai Ham Nhi Samjhe” (Rashid Banarsi)
Around 225 years ago, in...
Bengal Congress Submerges Rahul Gandhi’s Jitna Abaadi, Utna Haq Vision into Bay of Bengal
While watching Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi’s dazzling roadshow in Bihar, I couldn’t help but wonder—if the Gandhis are working so hard for Bihar,...
Final Deletion: Election Commission’s Press Conference and Unraveling of Its Credibility
The Election Commission tried to shake off its image as a puppet of Narendra Modi’s BJP by holding a press conference yesterday, but by...
From Chavez to Modi: How India’s Democracy Risks a Venezuelan Fate
Linking India’s electoral crisis to Chavez’s Venezuela, Rahul Gandhi warns that captured institutions and manipulated elections could push the world’s largest democracy toward authoritarian rule
