Ravi Kapoor

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra hope to revive Congress by supporting farmers

While sundry activists are trying to bounce back to relevance by supporting the misguided farmers’ agitation, the Congress leadership seems…

3 years ago

Professional revolutionaries like Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar fuel farm stir

Yogendra Yadav is a psephologist, commentator, activist, politician—and, we came to know recently, also a farmer leader. He was detained…

3 years ago

Farm laws: Arvind Kejriwal indulges in politicking as farmers’ stir rages

The Delhi government’s refusal to let the police convert nine stadiums into temporary detention for the anti-farm laws protestors smacks…

3 years ago

Amarinder is wrong; farmers’ agitation is not peaceful

Dissent and agitation against the government are rights that individuals and groups in any democracy enjoy. But when some people…

3 years ago

Kerala Govt’s attempt to muzzle free speech shows Left’s hypocrisy

The prominent American conservative author David Horowitz, who is a former New Leftist, famously said, “Inside every progressive is a…

3 years ago

Dragon glares at Five Eyes alliance, spews fire at Australia

Strong bullies flex their muscles, expecting that this act alone will silence and subdue the adversary into submission. When that…

3 years ago

Say no to lockdown in Delhi and elsewhere

The coronavirus has not just killed lakhs of people, shattered economies, and devastated lives; it has also brought into question…

3 years ago

Khadim Hussain Rizvi: Death of an expendable Pakistani cleric

What happens to a jihadist non-state actor when he becomes a liability to the Pakistani establishment? He dies causelessly, as…

3 years ago

Donald Trump forces Joe Biden to remain anti-China

The unholy alliance of Big Finance, Big Tech, the army of Leftists and liberals, the mainstream media, and the public…

3 years ago

Indira Gandhi: A flawed stateswoman

When Indira Gandhi was born, on November 19, 1917, communists had already taken control of Russia and begun the process…

3 years ago

Donald Trump’s foreign policy is good; Biden will follow it

Such has been salutary effect of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy that even the liberal establishment, which rabidly hates…

3 years ago

Netflix series The Crown, MSM malign Margaret Thatcher

How do you solve a problem like Margaret Thatcher? A very difficult question to answer if you are a liberal…

3 years ago

Criticism by UK, Australia, others only fuels China’s insolence

China’s insolence grows by the day. Its reaction to criticism by the UK and Australia over the suppression of pro-democracy…

3 years ago

Escaping darkness of skepticism by celebrating Diwali

Every doctrine has pluses and minuses; agnosticism is not an exception. Its adherents like me don’t believe or disbelieve in…

3 years ago

Sebastian Kurz’s fight against radical Islam signifies Europe’s Rightward turn

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s resolve to take on radical Islam, close on the heels of French President Emanuel Macron’s tough…

3 years ago

Donald Trump may go, Trumpism will stay

Trumpism will outlive US President Donald Trump: almost all political commentators are saying that—and are worried about. For they are…

3 years ago

Bail to Arnab Goswami a boost to free speech, media

The Supreme Court has not just granted bail to Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami but also raised important questions pertaining…

3 years ago

Ant IPO: How Big Finance is helping China

The world of finance seems to be an alternative universe, governed by its own rules, none of which has anything…

3 years ago

Aaj khush to bahot hoge tum…, for Trump has lost

<em>Aaj khush to bahot hoge tum</em>, this famous dialogue by Amitabh Bachchan from his 1975 hit <em>Deewar</em> came to my…

3 years ago

Arnab arrest is bad, so also is of other journalists

Union ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have correctly slammed the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami’s arrest by…

3 years ago

Trump is good for America and India; he should be back

Will US President Donald Trump get the second term? Nobody knows. Should he come back? He must, for he is…

3 years ago