Despite living in India for 37 years and being a citizen of India since 2002, Jean Drèze had to write a letter in 2016 to clarify his citizenship position to…
Indian cities are not particularly known for their cleanliness and it is not the first time that someone has posted a picture of the filth on social media. Yet when…
“TV channels go ballistic without asking us anything”. This is what the Army had said barely two weeks ago when the several news channels had carried an unconfirmed story of…
When Shashi Tharoor dismissed Arnab Goswami’s accusation as “an exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies….”, the nation wanted to know what “farrago” meant. Google search results for the…
#ConclaveOfCowards. Yes, that was the hashtag chosen by Times Now for the national conclave of stakeholders in Kashmir proposed by Former PM Manmohan Singh and senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav…
In 2013, when India’s rank in the World Press Freedom Index dropped sharply from 131 to 140, Times of India’s headline, “India drops to 140th rank in press freedom, lowest…
A recently published book, “Behind Bars” by NDTV journalist, Sunetra Choudhury has 31 reviews on Amazon India. Out of these, 20 have given it a one-star rating and written negative…
Should a public institution like UIDAI and its Chief Executive Officer block common citizens from following them on Twitter? It is shocking to learn that UIDAI and its CEO have…
Heavy casualties suffered by the security forces in the month of April 2017 have once again raised doubts about the promised impact of demonetization on controlling the Maoist insurgency. When…
