The state government kicked out over 100 Sahariya families from Madhav National Park 20 years ago. And then broke almost every promise made to them “BUYING VEGETABLES is a luxury for us. I do my best to ensure my children have a normal meal at least once a week. Rest of the days we eat […]

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Shaheen Bagh protesters are being demonised but delays by authorities are responsible for most bottlenecks SHAHEEN BAGH hit the headlines for blocking one major road that links Noida with Delhi. But the bottlenecks which have been holding traffic for hours do not find any space in the news. There are various spots in Delhi where […]

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The campaign songs put out by the three parties in the Delhi fray clearly enunciated what they stood for. AAP’s cheeriness clearly trumped BJP’s doomsday scenario As the metro stopped and opened its doors at designated stops, the unmistakable beats of AAPs campaign song for Assembly elections 2020 seemed to be heard every other day. Sometimes […]

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Schemes like waiving farm loans count as freebies too WE LIVE in the age of spin. Given this, it is hardly surprising that the Aam Aadmi Party’s victory in the Delhi state election has been spun into a victory of freebies. Freebies work, but Arvind Kejriwal wasn’t the first person to figure this out. The […]

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DELHI VOTERS HAD DIVERSE REASONS FOR VOTING FOR AAP. WHILE MANY DID SO AS AN ANTI-BJP VOTE, BECAUSE OF ITS VITRIOLIC CAMPAIGN, THIS ALSO GOT THE PARTY SOME SUPPORT “WHAT WILL happen to us Hindus when Muslims take over?” These words, uttered by a voter from Rohtas Nagar, one of the eight constituencies which voted […]

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Could it be that the alternative narrative put out through social media and digital news websites actually found purchase? IN MY last column, I asserted that Delhi was not India. After the Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular victory in the elections, one wishes it was. And perhaps it will be. Who knows? But this is not […]

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Delhi Central Vista plan turns democracy on its head. India could learn from how Britain plans to refurbish its Parliament and decentralise its government LIKE INDIA, the United Kingdom is doing a massive refurbishment of its 150-year-old Parliament. Planning has begun and work starts in 2025. It will take six years and cost £3-5 billion. […]

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Independent candidates —who contested the just concluded Assembly Elections — were oddly confident, yet missed the mark I MUST have asked more than a couple of times, “Why do you think you have a chance to win”? And each time, the answers did not justify the energy put into a contest defeat is almost a […]

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