Takeaways from today's newspapers (7-5-2024):

1. Every party and the leader of that party is corrupt if he or she did not ally with the BJP

2. Every ally of the BJP is pure as Snow White

3. If the going is tough for the BJP, the BJP discovers that 'Foreign powers are…

Congress' Manifesto makes the following statements and promises on Wealth.

Industrial and business policies and regulations will be designed to facilitate the production of goods and services in larger volumes and higher values.

All laws and rules that inhibit free and fair…

An editorial in Indian Express today exhorts the government to debate how to deal with the Myanmar crisis.

Very true, but before the government looks toward Myanmar, let it look at the state of Myanmar that lies in the same direction.

The Manipur crisis is deeper.

Who knows,…

Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar said on the Nijjar killing 'Canada blames us but shows no evidence'

The minister may be right or wrong, I do not know

Is the Canadian police taking lessons from Indian investigative agencies?

India's score in the World Press Freedom Index fell from 36.62 to 31.28.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that India's media has fallen into an ' unofficial state of emergency'.

The Report also said that Indian journalists who are very critical of the government are…

It seems that the Hon'ble Prime Minister had done a lot of research on 'inheritance tax' that was abolished by a Congress government in 1985

It seems also that the Hon'ble Prime Minister's research led to his conclusion that inheritance tax can be levied on buffaloes

The nation…

In my post today, please read Kuki-Zomos as Kuki-Zomis. I regret the error

Today is the anniversary of the riots that broke out in Manipur on May 3, 2023. A full 365 days have passed by; yet the Hon'ble Prime Minister has not shown the inclination or found the time to visit Manipur.

As of February 2024. 219 people were killed in Manipur. Thousands were…

Hon'ble prime minister continues to fight ghosts in his election speeches

He said that as long as he is alive, no one will be allowed to give out quotas based on religion. FACT: Congress' manifesto has made no such declaration or promise. Nor has any party in the INDIAlliance.…

It was amusing -- and very sad -- to see young students mobilised to 'protest' against the imaginary proposals on 'wealth redistribution' and 'inheritance tax'

When the Aaj Tak reporter asked the students where they found the proposals, not one could answer

When asked about the…

உழைக்கும் மக்கள் அனைவருக்கும் மே தின வாழ்த்துக்கள்!

உழவுக்கும் தொழிலுக்கும் வந்தனை செய்வோம்!

It was a Congress government under Jawaharlal Nehru that in 1951 passed the First Amendment to the Constitution providing reservation for socially and educationally backward classes

It was a Congress government under P V Narasimha Rao that in 1994 implemented 27 per cent…

The UPA lifted 27 crore people out of poverty. That is according to data and a report prepared by the UNDP

Mr Rajnath Singh and other BJP leaders claim that the NDA lifted 25 crore people out of poverty

Who has the data and who has made the report? Is it the government's pet…

Speaking at Solapur, Maharashtra, the Hon'ble prime minister said that SC, ST, OBC and the poor have the first right on the country's resources

PM Manmohan Singh said the same thing in his speech to the National Development Council in November 2006

Dr Manmohan Singh had added…

டெஸ்லா கார் கம்பெனியின் அதிபர் திரு எலான் மஸ்க் அவர்கள் இந்தியாவிற்கு வருவதற்கு நாள் குறித்திருந்தார். பிரதமர் மோடியுடன் பேசிய பிறகு இந்தியாவில் கார் தயாரிக்கும் பெரிய தொழிற்சாலையை அமைக்கும் முடிவை திரு மஸ்க் அறிவிப்பார் என்று அரசு எதிர்பார்த்தது

கடந்த வாரம் தன் இந்தியா பயணத்தை…

Elon Musk deferred visit to India citing 'Tesla obligations'

Within days, he visited China and held talks with PM of China and discussed bringing his new Self-driven car to China

Hon'ble PM of India privately fumes and publicly claims that the Indian government is a majboot…

What a century in 41 balls by Will Jacks in the IPL match between RCB and GT!

It was a brutal assault on every ball bowled to him by every bowler

Jscks' batting left Virat Kohli at the other end gaping in amazement

Please read my column in the Indian Express dated today, Financial Express and 10 Indian language newspapers.

My column is on the Congress' Manifesto. The real one!

It is disappointing to see the Hon'ble Prime Minister rail against an imaginary Manifesto that presumably was…