2014

All years and months

ZA Bhutto murdered (5 April 1979)

A short assessment of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on the anniversary of his execution, calling him a great man whose actions also led to the persecution of Ahmadis, with a quotation…

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India ranks 102 out of 132 nations on social progress index

India ranks 102nd of 132 countries on the 2014 Social Progress Index, the lowest of the BRICS, according to a report quoted in full.

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Justice delayed (denied) in Suryanelli

A report that Kerala’s high court found 24 men guilty in the Suryanelli case after a rehearing, with the poster crediting the Nirbhaya case for pushing the Supreme Court to…

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The prince is banished from the kingdom

A report that Amethi officials rejected Rahul Gandhi’s domicile application for lacking his signature, which the poster reads as the bureaucracy bowing to no one.

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Saffron surge in Battleground States

The poster sizes up the likely NDA partners and the Congress’s chances in key states, noting the party faces decimation across much of the country.

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Dalit boy dumps Obama, picks up AK-272

A profile of the Dalit AAP candidate Deelip Mhaske, a rag-picker’s son who returned from America, which the poster hails as an inspiring example.

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Free speech vs. Equality

On Mozilla’s CEO Brendan Eich resigning over his donation against gay marriage, the poster notes the tension between free speech and equality and sympathises with social conservatives in Silicon Valley.

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Babri demolition was pre-planned

On a Cobrapost sting claiming that the Babri Masjid demolition was planned, the poster says that, if true, the conspirators should face charges and is appalled at the claim that…

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Musharraf (just escapes) murdered

A report that a bomb exploded shortly before Pervez Musharraf’s convoy was due to pass, with the poster urging Pakistan to deal with the growing Taliban menace.

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A Divine Shadow

A remark on the most contested entry on Persian Wikipedia, the Bab, who proclaimed himself the harbinger of Baha’u’llah, with a note on Iranian devotion to Fatimah.

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