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Ashish Shukla is an Indian journalist and author who has his new book:"HOW UNITED STATES SHOT HUAMNITY: Muslims Ruined Europe Next" released worldwide.
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(6 comments) SHARE Friday, June 21, 2019 Leila: Who would question Prayaag Akbar or Netflix?
I expect a political storm over Leila, a six-part TV serial on Netflix, the first season of which went on air last week.
The serial which has Huma Qureshi as the central character is Hinduphobic and foresees India becoming a totalitarian regime, priming itself for a genocide in the name of purification
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, June 14, 2019 Modi-Imran in SCO: Be ready for some tough pictures
It would be a hectic two days for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (June 13-14). The flight detour through Oman and Iran too wouldn't have helped. Then there is this little matter of bilateral talks with at least five heads of states.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, June 14, 2019 Biggest push for Muslims in independent India: Pay attention
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised "sabka vishwas(everyone's trust)"in his oath ceremony. Within a fortnight his government has announced 5-crore scholarships-50% reserved for girl students-over the next five years. There are "bridge courses" for drop-outs. Madarsa teachers are to be imparted modern, scientific training.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 6, 2019 Delimitation: Amit Shah set to make early moves in Kashmir Valley
Modi has the mandate. Shah is in the hot chair as home minister. Millions of Indians are hoping to settle Kashmir once for all. This dispensation has a historic opportunity to undo the damage of appeasement to the Valley which India has practiced since the accession of Jammu & Kashmir to the Union of India in 1947.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Smriti Irani in McDonald: We're loving it
Yes, she worked in McDonald once. Clearing tables and sweeping floors. All for a princely Rs 1,800 a month. We wouldn't have known it but for a textile council securing her Provident Fund employee certificate from McDonald and toying with the idea if its' auction could come to the aid of a group of women artisans.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, June 3, 2019 Importance of being Jaishankar: Only behind Modi-Shah duo
Not Rajnath Singh. No Nitin Gadkari. India's third most powerful minister in the present dispensation -- besides the obvious duo of Modi-Shah -- is Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, a career diplomat turned foreign minister.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 31, 2019 BJP is making a mistake in TMC turncoats
BJP has so far been patient in dismantling Mamata Banerjee. They need more of such a dose. A rush for the trophy now would hurt them in not-too-distant a future. Mamata is collapsing on her own heap. You don't need a storm when a rustle of air is enough.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 24, 2019 A fly on the wall of Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati
Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav haven't found their voice since Exit Polls. Mayawati hasn't tweeted once; Akhilesh has tweeted only twice - that too no words only photo-ops with AAP and BSP leaders.
That's unusual silence from two biggies of Uttar Pradesh. I mean for nearly two decades, it was baton-passing between SP and BSP.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Lavasa's rant and the facts readers must know
Lavasa laments that his dissents haven't been recorded. But then Election Commission never does it. A majority takes a call which in this case decided in favour of Modi. So what's this fuss about?
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 20, 2019 But then Sanyal, how do we keep 21st Century issues firmly in our gaze?
Sanjeev Sanyal posted a twitter thread on Saturday where he implored discussions on the 21st Century issues rather than being mired in historical characters like Veer Savarkar, Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mohandas K. Gandhi.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Mamata and her interview: If not fixed then what else?
What do we get in the Indian Express interview? How you walk so much? How you eat so little? How she would take up the role of a Prime Minister after the elections (not once but thrice in the interview)?
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Now Modi hauls Indian Express over the coals
Modi's words must be hot oil in the ears of Indian Express loyalists. I don't know whether they cried for help since neither of the two Indian Express interviewers (Ravish Kumar and Raj Kamal Jha) could challenge Modi's verbal onslaughts.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 13, 2019 Judiciary: Dirty linen are now being washed in public
In what is emerging as a divided house in public domain, barbs are being exchanged and motives assigned by practicing legal luminaries, both advocates and judges in India. Practically, the dirty lines of our judiciary are being washed in public.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 13, 2019 Arrest over photo-shopped image: A curse has befallen on Mamata's Bengal
Look at the issue of Priyanka Sharma. She circulates a photo-shopped image of Mamata Banerjee, imposed over a latest picture of actress Priyanka Chopra. A complaint is filed and she is sent to 14-day judicial remedy. Mind you, Priyanka Sharma hasn't created the image, only shared it. Yet amongst thousands of such shares, she alone has been made to bear the brunt of suppression.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 12, 2019 Sorry Justice Chandrachud, I don't trust judiciary
All too often we hear our honourable judges speak about the "trust" the people of the country have in the institution of judiciary. I am one of the people and unfortunately I lack complete trust in judiciary, one of the four founding pillars of our democracy.
(26 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 11, 2019 Citizenship row: A nightmare still awaits Rahul Gandhi
Please don't move on only because Supreme Court has dismissed a "fake" petition stating that Rahul Gandhi has been a British citizen in the past. The matter is hot as coal.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 10, 2019 Gurumurthy asks Rahul Gandhi: "What about Sonia's karma?"
Right-wing ideologue Swaminathan Gurumurthy has alleged that former Congress president Sonia Gandhi once established links with killers of her husband Rajiv Gandhi so she could gain politically